Surah Maryam

قَالَكَذَٰلِكِقَالَرَبُّكِهُوَعَلَىَّهَيِّنٌۭوَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓءَايَةًۭلِّلنَّاسِوَرَحْمَةًۭمِّنَّاوَكَانَأَمْرًۭامَّقْضِيًّۭا

[The angel] answered: "Thus it is; [but] thy Sustainer says, `This is easy for Me; and [thou shalt have a son,] so that We might make him a symbol unto mankind and an act of grace from US. And it was a thing decreed [by God]:

فَحَمَلَتْهُفَٱنتَبَذَتْبِهِۦمَكَانًۭاقَصِيًّۭا

and in time she conceived him, and then she withdrew with him to a far-off place.

فَأَجَآءَهَاٱلْمَخَاضُإِلَىٰجِذْعِٱلنَّخْلَةِقَالَتْيَٰلَيْتَنِىمِتُّقَبْلَهَٰذَاوَكُنتُنَسْيًۭامَّنسِيًّۭا

And [when] the throes of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree, she exclaimed: "Oh, would that I had died ere this, and had become a thing forgotten, utterly forgotten!"

فَنَادَىٰهَامِنتَحْتِهَآأَلَّاتَحْزَنِىقَدْجَعَلَرَبُّكِتَحْتَكِسَرِيًّۭا

Thereupon [a voice] called out to her from beneath that [palm-tree]: "Grieve not! Thy Sustainer has provided a rivulet [running] beneath thee;

وَهُزِّىٓإِلَيْكِبِجِذْعِٱلنَّخْلَةِتُسَٰقِطْعَلَيْكِرُطَبًۭاجَنِيًّۭا

and shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards thee: it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon thee.

فَكُلِىوَٱشْرَبِىوَقَرِّىعَيْنًۭافَإِمَّاتَرَيِنَّمِنَٱلْبَشَرِأَحَدًۭافَقُولِىٓإِنِّىنَذَرْتُلِلرَّحْمَٰنِصَوْمًۭافَلَنْأُكَلِّمَٱلْيَوْمَإِنسِيًّۭا

Eat, then, and drink, and let thine eye be gladdened! And if thou shouldst see any human being, convey this unto him: `Behold, abstinence from speech have I vowed unto the Most Gracious; hence, I may not speak today to any mortal.

فَأَتَتْبِهِۦقَوْمَهَاتَحْمِلُهُۥقَالُوا۟يَٰمَرْيَمُلَقَدْجِئْتِشَيْـًۭٔافَرِيًّۭا

And in time she returned to her people, carrying the child with her. They said: "O Mary! Thou hast indeed done an amazing thing!

يَٰٓأُخْتَهَٰرُونَمَاكَانَأَبُوكِٱمْرَأَسَوْءٍۢوَمَاكَانَتْأُمُّكِبَغِيًّۭا

O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a loose woman!"

فَأَشَارَتْإِلَيْهِقَالُوا۟كَيْفَنُكَلِّمُمَنكَانَفِىٱلْمَهْدِصَبِيًّۭا

Thereupon she pointed to him. They exclaimed: "How can we talk to one who [as yet] is a little boy in the cradle?"

قَالَإِنِّىعَبْدُٱللَّهِءَاتَىٰنِىَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَجَعَلَنِىنَبِيًّۭا

[But] he said: "Behold, I am a servant of God. He has vouchsafed unto me revelation and made me a prophet,

وَجَعَلَنِىمُبَارَكًاأَيْنَمَاكُنتُوَأَوْصَٰنِىبِٱلصَّلَوٰةِوَٱلزَّكَوٰةِمَادُمْتُحَيًّۭا

and made me blessed wherever I may be; and He has enjoined upon me prayer and charity as long as I live,

وَبَرًّۢابِوَٰلِدَتِىوَلَمْيَجْعَلْنِىجَبَّارًۭاشَقِيًّۭا

and [has endowed me with] piety towards my mother; and He has not made me haughty or bereft of grace.

وَٱلسَّلَٰمُعَلَىَّيَوْمَوُلِدتُّوَيَوْمَأَمُوتُوَيَوْمَأُبْعَثُحَيًّۭا

"Hence, peace was upon me on the day when I was born, and [will be upon me] on the day of my death, and on the day when I shall be raised to life [again]!"

ذَٰلِكَعِيسَىٱبْنُمَرْيَمَقَوْلَٱلْحَقِّٱلَّذِىفِيهِيَمْتَرُونَ

SUCH WAS, in the words of truth, Jesus the son of Mary, about whose nature they so deeply disagree.

مَاكَانَلِلَّهِأَنيَتَّخِذَمِنوَلَدٍۢسُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًۭافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ

It is not conceivable that God should have taken unto Himself a son: limitless is He in His glory! When He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it "Be" -and it is!

وَإِنَّٱللَّهَرَبِّىوَرَبُّكُمْفَٱعْبُدُوهُهَٰذَاصِرَٰطٌۭمُّسْتَقِيمٌۭ

And [thus it was that Jesus always said]: "Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship [none but] Him: this (alone] is a straight way."

فَٱخْتَلَفَٱلْأَحْزَابُمِنۢبَيْنِهِمْفَوَيْلٌۭلِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنمَّشْهَدِيَوْمٍعَظِيمٍ

And yet, the sects [that follow the Bible] are at variance among themselves [about the nature of Jesus Woe, then, unto all who deny the truth when that awesome Day will appear!

أَسْمِعْبِهِمْوَأَبْصِرْيَوْمَيَأْتُونَنَالَٰكِنِٱلظَّٰلِمُونَٱلْيَوْمَفِىضَلَٰلٍۢمُّبِينٍۢ

How well will they hear and see [the truth] on the Day when they come before Us! Today, however, these evildoers are obviously lost in error:

وَأَنذِرْهُمْيَوْمَٱلْحَسْرَةِإِذْقُضِىَٱلْأَمْرُوَهُمْفِىغَفْلَةٍۢوَهُمْلَايُؤْمِنُونَ

hence, warn them of [the coming of] the Day of Regrets, when everything will have been decided-for as yet they are heedless, and they do not believe [in it].

إِنَّانَحْنُنَرِثُٱلْأَرْضَوَمَنْعَلَيْهَاوَإِلَيْنَايُرْجَعُونَ

Behold, We alone shall remain after the earth and all who live on it have passed away, and (when] unto Us all will have been brought back.