[19:26]

So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.

[19:27]

Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing.

[19:28]

O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.

[19:29]

Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy ?

[19:30]

He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,

[19:31]

And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,

[19:32]

And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.

[19:33]

Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!

[19:34]

Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.

[19:35]

It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

[19:36]

And lo! Allah is my Lord and your Lord. So serve Him. That is the right path.

[19:37]

The sects among them differ: but woe unto the disbelievers from the meeting of an awful Day.

[19:38]

See and hear them on the Day they come unto Us! yet the evil-doers are to-day in error manifest.