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16. Waothkur fee alkitabi maryama ithi intabathat min ahliha makanan sharqiyyan
16. Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.
17. Faittakhathat min doonihim hijaban faarsalna ilayha roohana fatamaththala laha basharan sawiyyan
17. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
18. Qalat innee aAAoothu bialrrahmani minka in kunta taqiyyan
18. She said: "I seek refuge from thee to ((Allah)) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allah."
19. Qala innama ana rasoolu rabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulaman zakiyyan
19. He said: "Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.
20. Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamun walam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyyan
20. She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
21. Qala kathaliki qala rabbuki huwa AAalayya hayyinun walinajAAalahu ayatan lilnnasi warahmatan minna wakana amran maqdiyyan
21. He said: "So (it will be): Thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us':It is a matter (so) decreed."
22. Fahamalat-hu faintabathat bihi makanan qasiyyan
22. So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place.
23. Faajaaha almakhadu ila jithAAi alnnakhlati qalat ya laytanee mittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan
23. And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"
24. Fanadaha min tahtiha alla tahzanee qad jaAAala rabbuki tahtaki sariyyan
24. But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
25. Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi alnnakhlati tusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyyan
25. "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.
26. Fakulee waishrabee waqarree AAaynan fa-imma tarayinna mina albashari ahadan faqoolee innee nathartu lilrrahmani sawman falan okallima alyawma insiyyan
26. "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, 'I have vowed a fast to ((Allah)) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into not talk with any human being'"
27. Faatat bihi qawmaha tahmiluhu qaloo ya maryamu laqad ji/ti shay-an fariyyan
27. At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
28. Ya okhta haroona ma kana abooki imraa saw-in wama kanat ommuki baghiyyan
28. "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
29. Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfa nukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyyan
29. But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?"
30. Qala innee AAabdu Allahi ataniya alkitaba wajaAAalanee nabiyyan
30. He said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah. He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;
31. WajaAAalanee mubarakan aynama kuntu waawsanee bialssalati waalzzakati ma dumtu hayyan
31. "And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;
32. Wabarran biwalidatee walam yajAAalnee jabbaran shaqiyyan
32. "(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
33. Waalssalamu AAalayya yawma wulidtu wayawma amootu wayawma obAAathu hayyan
33. "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!
34. Thalika AAeesa ibnu maryama qawla alhaqqi allathee feehi yamtaroona
34. Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
35. Ma kana lillahi an yattakhitha min waladin subhanahu itha qada amran fa-innama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu
35. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.
36. Wa-inna Allaha rabbee warabbukum faoAAbudoohu hatha siratun mustaqeemun
36. Verily Allah is my Lord and your Lord: Him therefore serve ye: this is a Way that is straight.
37. Faikhtalafa al-ahzabu min baynihim fawaylun lillatheena kafaroo min mashhadi yawmin AAatheemin
37. But the sects differ among themselves: and woe to the unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a Momentous Day!
38. AsmiAA bihim waabsir yawma ya/toonana lakini alththalimoona alyawma fee dalalin mubeenin
38. How plainly will they see and hear, the Day that they will appear before Us! but the unjust today are in error manifest!
39. Waanthirhum yawma alhasrati ith qudiya al-amru wahum fee ghaflatin wahum la yu/minoona
39. But warn them of the Day of Distress, when the matter will be determined: for (behold,) they are negligent and they do not believe!
40. Inna nahnu narithu al-arda waman AAalayha wa-ilayna yurjaAAoona
40. It is We Who will inherit the earth, and all beings thereon: to Us will they all be returned.