Verse 19:31 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
27 فَأَتَتۡ بِهِۦ قَوۡمَهَا تَحۡمِلُهُۥۖ قَالُوا۟ یَـٰمَرۡیَمُ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتِ شَیۡءࣰا فَرِیࣰّا ۝٢٧ fa-atat bihi qawmahā taḥmiluhu qālū yāmaryamu laqad ji'ti shayan fariyya She went back to her people carrying the child, and they said, ‘Mary! You have done something terrible 28 یَـٰۤأُخۡتَ هَـٰرُونَ مَا كَانَ أَبُوكِ ٱمۡرَأَ سَوۡءࣲ وَمَا كَانَتۡ أُمُّكِ بَغِیࣰّا ۝٢٨ yāukh'ta hārūna mā kāna abūki im'ra-a sawin wamā kānat ummuki baghiyya Sister of Aaron! Your father was not an evil man; your mother was not unchaste!’ 29 فَأَشَارَتۡ إِلَیۡهِۖ قَالُوا۟ كَیۡفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَن كَانَ فِی ٱلۡمَهۡدِ صَبِیࣰّا ۝٢٩ fa-ashārat ilayhi qālū kayfa nukallimu man kāna fī l-mahdi ṣabiyya She pointed at him. They said, ‘How can we converse with an infant?’ 30 قَالَ إِنِّی عَبۡدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِیَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِی نَبِیࣰّا ۝٣٠ qāla innī ʿabdu l-lahi ātāniya l-kitāba wajaʿalanī nabiyya [But] he said: ‘I am a servant of God. He has granted me the Scripture; made me a prophet
31 وَجَعَلَنِی مُبَارَكًا أَیۡنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوۡصَـٰنِی بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمۡتُ حَیࣰّا ۝٣١ wajaʿalanī mubārakan ayna mā kuntu wa-awṣānī bil-ṣalati wal-zakati mā dum'tu ḥayya made me blessed wherever I may be. He commanded me to pray, to give alms as long as I live
32 وَبَرَّۢا بِوَ ٰلِدَتِی وَلَمۡ یَجۡعَلۡنِی جَبَّارࣰا شَقِیࣰّا ۝٣٢ wabarran biwālidatī walam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyya to cherish my mother. He did not make me domineering or graceless 33 وَٱلسَّلَـٰمُ عَلَیَّ یَوۡمَ وُلِدتُّ وَیَوۡمَ أَمُوتُ وَیَوۡمَ أُبۡعَثُ حَیࣰّا ۝٣٣ wal-salāmu ʿalayya yawma wulidttu wayawma amūtu wayawma ub'ʿathu ḥayya Peace was on me the day I was born, and will be on me the day I die and the day I am raised to life again.’ 34 ذَ ٰلِكَ عِیسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡیَمَۖ قَوۡلَ ٱلۡحَقِّ ٱلَّذِی فِیهِ یَمۡتَرُونَ ۝٣٤ dhālika ʿīsā ub'nu maryama qawla l-ḥaqi alladhī fīhi yamtarūn Such was Jesus, son of Mary. [This is] a statement of the Truth about which they are in doubt 35 مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن یَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدࣲۖ سُبۡحَـٰنَهُۥۤۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰۤ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّمَا یَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَیَكُونُ ۝٣٥ mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūn it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is

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