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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

ﯿ

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

ﭔﭕ

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

ﭨﭩ

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

ﭾﭿ

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

Peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I will be raised back to life!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive."

— Saheeh International

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