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19:26

So eatand drinkand coolﱄﱅ(your) eyesAnd ifyou seefromhuman beinganyonethen sayIndeed, I[I] have vowedto the Most Graciousa fastso notI will speaktoday(to any) human being(26)

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.’”

19:27

Then she camewith him(to) her peopleﱘﱙcarrying himThey saidO MaryamCertainlyyou (have) broughtan amazing thingan amazing thing(27)

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

19:28

O sister(of) HarunNotwasyour fatheran evil manan evil manand notwasyour motherunchaste(28)

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

19:29

Then she pointedﱮﱯto himThey saidHow(can) we speak(to one) whoisinthe cradlea child(29)

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

19:30

He saidIndeed, I ama slave(of) AllahHe gave methe Scriptureﱿand made mea Prophet(30)

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

19:31

And He (has) made meblessedwhereverwhereverI amand has enjoined (on) me[of] the prayerand zakahas long as I amas long as I amalive(31)

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

19:32

And dutifulto my motherand notHe (has) made meinsolentunblessed(32)

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

19:33

And peace (be)on me(the) dayI was bornand (the) dayI will dieand (the) DayI will be raisedalive(33)

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

19:34

That(was) Isa(the) sonﲢﲣ(of) Maryama statement(of) truththat whichabout itthey dispute(34)

That is Jesus, son of Mary. ˹And this is˺ a word of truth, about which they dispute.

19:35

Not(it) isfor AllahthatHe should takeany sonﲰﲱany sonﲲﲳGlory be to HimWhenHe decreesa matterthen onlyHe saysto itBeand it is(35)

It is not for Allah to take a son! Glory be to Him. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, “Be!” And it is!

19:36

And indeedAllahﲿ(is) my Lordand your Lordﳁﳂso worship HimThis(is) a pathstraight(36)

˹Jesus also declared,˺ “Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him ˹alone˺. This is the Straight Path.”

19:37

But differedthe sectsfrom among themﳊﳋfrom among themso woeto those whodisbelievefrom(the) witnessing(of) a Daygreat(37)

Yet their ˹various˺ groups have differed among themselves ˹about him˺, so woe to the disbelievers when they face a tremendous Day!

19:38

How they will hearHow they will hearand how (they will) see(the) Dayﳘﳙthey will come to Usbutthe wrongdoerstoday(are) inerrorclear(38)

How clearly will they hear and see on the Day they will come to Us! But today the wrongdoers are clearly astray.