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and he grew up a righteous man; honouring his father and mother, and
neither arrogant nor rebellious. Peace on him on the day he was born
and the day he dies; andmay peace be on himwhen he is raised to life.
And you shall recount in the Book the story of Mariam: how she left
her people and betook herself to a solitary place to the east.
We sent, to her Our spirit in the semblance of a full-grown man. And
when she saw him she said: 'I take refuge in the Merciful from you! If
you fear the Lord, (leaveme and go your way).'
'I am the messenger of your Lord,' he replied, 'and have come to give
you a holy son.’
'How shall I bear a child,' she answered, 'when I am not touched by
man and not unchaste? '
'Thus it will be,' your Lord said: 'That is easy for Me. And We shall
make hima sign tomankind and amercy fromUs. This is Our decree.'
Thereupon she conceived him, and retired to a far-off place. And
when she fell the throes of childbirth she lay down by the trunk of a
palm-tree, crying: 'Oh, would that I had died before this and passed
into oblivion! '
But (a voice) from below cried out to her: 'Do not despair. Your Lord
has provided a brook that runs at your feet, and (if you) shake the trunk
of this palm-tree it will drop fresh ripe dates upon you. Therefore eat
and drink and rejoice, and should you meet any mortal say to him: “I
have vowed a fast to the Merciful and will not speak with any man
today.” ’
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