"So eat and drink and be glad, And if you see any human
being, say: 'Verily! I have vowed a fast unto the Most Gracious (Allâh) so I
shall not speak to any human being this day.'" (26) Then she brought him
(the baby) to her people, carrying him. They said: "O Mary! Indeed you
have brought a thing Fariyy (a mighty thing). (Tafsir At-Tabari) (27) "O sister (i.e.
the like) of Hârûn (Aaron) []! Your father was not a man who used to commit
adultery, nor your mother was an unchaste woman." (28) Then she pointed to him.
They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?[]" (29) "He
['Īsā (Jesus)] said: Verily! I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me
the Scripture and made me a Prophet;[]" (30) "And He has made
me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Salât (prayer), and Zakât,
as long as I live." (31) "And dutiful to my mother, and made me
not arrogant, unblest. (32) "And Salâm (peace) be upon me the day I was born,
and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!" (33) Such is
'Īsā (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary). (it is) a statement of truth,
about which they doubt (or dispute) (34) It befits not (the Majesty of) Allâh that He
should beget a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allâh, by
saying that 'Īsā (Jesus) is the son of Allâh]. Glorified (and Exalted
is He above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only
says to it, "Be!" and it is[] (35) ['Īsā (Jesus) said]:
"And verily Allâh is my Lord and your Lord. So worship Him (Alone). That
is the Straight Path. (Allâh's religion of Islâmic Monotheism which He did
ordain for all of His Prophets)." [Tafsir At-Tabarî] (36) Then the sects
differed [i.e. the Christians about 'Īsā (Jesus) A.S.], so woe unto
the disbelievers [those who gave false witness by saying that 'Īsā
(Jesus) is the son of Allâh] from the Meeting of a great Day (i.e. the Day of
Resurrection, when they will be thrown in the blazing Fire)[]. (37) How clearly will they
(polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) see and hear, the Day
when they will appear before Us! But the Zalimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)
today are in plain error (38)