Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

is that you will not speak to people for three days
except in gestures.
And remember Your Lord greatly,
and glorify Him morning and evening.’
42 And when the angels said,
‘O Mary, Allah has chosen you and purified you,
and He has chosen you above the world’s women.
43 O Mary, be obedient to your Lord,
and prostrate and bow down
with those who bow [in worship].’
44 These accounts are from the Unseen,
which We reveal to you,
and you were not with them
when they were casting lots
[to see] which of them
would take charge of Mary’s care,
nor were you with them
when they were contending.
45 When the angels said, ‘O Mary,
Allah gives you the good news of a Word from Him
whose name is Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary,
distinguished in the world and the Hereafter,
and one of those brought near [to Allah].
46 He will speak to people in the cradle
and in adulthood,
and will be one of the righteous.’
47 She said, ‘My Lord, how shall I have a child
seeing that no human has ever touched me?’
He said, ‘So it is that Allah
creates whatever He wishes.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 19 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=109