AND CALL to mind, through this divine writ, Mary. Lo! She withdrew from her family to an eastern place (asad) Audio ⟶
and kept herself in seclusion from them, whereupon We sent unto her Our angel of revelation, who appeared to her in the shape of a well-made human being.
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She exclaimed: 'Verily, 'I seek refuge from thee with the Most Gracious! [Approach me not] if thou art conscious of Him!' (asad) Audio ⟶
[The angel] answered: 'I' am but a messenger of thy Sustainer, [who says,] `I shall bestow upon thee the gift of a son endowed with purity.'' (asad) Audio ⟶
Said she: 'How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? - for, never have I been a loose woman!' (asad) Audio ⟶
[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]: (asad) Audio ⟶