Quran — Page 307

Eat, then, and drink, and let thine eye be gladdened! And if thou shouldst see any human being, convey this unto him: `Behold, abstinence from speech have I vowed unto the Most Gracious; hence, I may not speak today to any mortal.

And in time she returned to her people, carrying the child with her. They said: "O Mary! Thou hast indeed done an amazing thing!

O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a loose woman!"

Thereupon she pointed to him. They exclaimed: "How can we talk to one who [as yet] is a little boy in the cradle?"

[But] he said: "Behold, I am a servant of God. He has vouchsafed unto me revelation and made me a prophet,

and made me blessed wherever I may be; and He has enjoined upon me prayer and charity as long as I live,

and [has endowed me with] piety towards my mother; and He has not made me haughty or bereft of grace.

"Hence, peace was upon me on the day when I was born, and [will be upon me] on the day of my death, and on the day when I shall be raised to life [again]!"

SUCH WAS, in the words of truth, Jesus the son of Mary, about whose nature they so deeply disagree.

It is not conceivable that God should have taken unto Himself a son: limitless is He in His glory! When He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it "Be" -and it is!

And [thus it was that Jesus always said]: "Verily, God is my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer; so worship [none but] Him: this (alone] is a straight way."

And yet, the sects [that follow the Bible] are at variance among themselves [about the nature of Jesus Woe, then, unto all who deny the truth when that awesome Day will appear!

How well will they hear and see [the truth] on the Day when they come before Us! Today, however, these evildoers are obviously lost in error: