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Carrying the child, she came to her people, who said to her: 'O
Mariam, you have done an unusual thing. O sister of Harun, your father
was never aman of evil, nor was your mother unchaste.'
She pointed to him. But they replied: 'How can we speak with a baby
in the cradle?' (Whereupon) he said: 'I am the servant of Allah. He has
given me the Book and made me a prophet. He made me blessed
wherever I go, andHe has commandedme to be steadfast in prayer and
to give alms to the poor as long as I shall live. He has made me kind to
my mother and not insolent, miserable. So peace be on me on the day I
was born, and on the day I die; and may peace be Upon me on the day
when I shall be raised to life.'
Suchwas Isa, the son ofMariam. That is the (whole) truth, which they
still doubt. Allah forbid that He Himself should beget a son! When He
decrees a thingHe need only say: 'Be,' and it is.
Allah is my Lord and your Lord: therefore serve Him. That is the right
path.
Yet the Sects are divided concerning Isa. But woe to the unbelievers
when the grievous Day comes. How sharp will their sight and hearing
be on the day when they appear before Us! Truly, the unbelievers are in
the grossest error.
Forewarn them of that woeful day, when Our decrees shall be
fulfilled whilst they heedlessly persist in unbelief. For We shall inherit
the earth and all who dwell upon it. ToUs, they shall return.
You shall also recount in the Book the story of lbrahim:
He was a truthful man and a prophet. He said to his father: 'O father,
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