Maryam

So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a remote place.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

— Saheeh International

Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

— Saheeh International

So a voice¹ reassured her from below her, “Do not grieve! Your Lord has provided a stream at your feet.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But he¹ called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

— Saheeh International

And shake the trunk of this palm tree towards you, it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon you.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree; it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates.

— Saheeh International

So eat and drink, and put your heart at ease. But if you see any of the people, say, ‘I have vowed silence¹ to the Most Compassionate, so I am not talking to anyone today.’”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So eat and drink and be contented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, I have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today to [any] man.'"

— Saheeh International

Then she returned to her people, carrying him. They said ˹in shock˺, “O Mary! You have certainly done a horrible thing!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

— Saheeh International

O  sister of Aaron!¹ Your father was not an indecent man, nor was your mother unchaste.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

O sister [i.e., descendant] of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

— Saheeh International

So she pointed to the baby. They exclaimed, “How can we talk to someone who is an infant in the cradle?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?"

— Saheeh International

˹Jesus˺ declared, “I am truly a servant of Allah. He has destined me to be given the Scripture and to be a prophet.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.

— Saheeh International

He has made me a blessing wherever I go, and bid me to establish prayer and give alms-tax as long as I live,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakāh as long as I remain alive

— Saheeh International

and to be kind to my mother. He has not made me arrogant or defiant.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.

— Saheeh International