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Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him, they said, ‘Mary,
thou hast surely committed a monstrous thing. Sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a
woman unchaste. She pointed to the child then,
they said,’ How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little
child.’ He said,’ I am God’s servant, has given me the
Book, and made me a Prophet. Blessed He has made me, wherever I may be; enjoined me to pray, and to give
the alms, so long as I live. Cherisher of my mother; He has not made me arrogant unprosperous. And the Peace
upon me, the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised up alive.’ That is Jesus, son of Mary, in word of truth,
concerning which they are doubting. It is
not for God to take a son unto Him, Glory be to Him, When He
decrees a thing, He but says to it ‘Be,’ and it is.
Verses 27-35, Mary (Chapter XIX), The Koran Interpreted,
modified after a 1955 translation by the Late Arthur J. Arberry (1905-1969)
Professor of Theology,
Muhammad W. Ibrahim
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