See also: Maryam (sura)
tidings of a holy son.[8] The Qur'an states that God (Allah) sent the message through the angel Gabriel to Mary that God had honoured Mary among the women of all nations as she will give birth to a holy son, named Isa' (Jesus), the Messiah (translated Christ) and he (Jesus) will be a great prophet, to whom God will give the Injil (the original Gospel) and he (Jesus) will speak in infancy and maturity and will be a companion to the most righteous. When this good news was given to Mary, she asked the angel how she can have a baby when no man has touched (sexually) her.[9] This same question of Mary is confirmed in the Bible. But, in the answer of this question, the Qur'an differs from the Christian faith; the Christians believe that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, but the Qur'an denies it and states that the reply of the angel to Mary was "Even though when God wants to create a matter, he merely wills it and the things come into being"[10]. So, the Qur'anic version is, Jesus was created from the act of God's will.[11] The Qur'an compares this miraculous creation of Jesus with the creation of Adam where God created Adam by His act of will (kun-fa-yakun [be and it is]).[12] According to the Qur'an, the same answer was given to the question of Zechariah (in Qur'an Zakariyah), when he asked how could his wife conceive a baby while she was old.[13]
The angel Gabriel was asked by God to make a small river run under Mary from which she could drink, and should she shake the trunk of the date palm tree next to her, it would turn green and moist dates would fall down from which she could eat and be nourished. Gabriel told her when she faces her people with her son to tell anyone who questions her about him that she had made a vow not to talk to any human for that day. That day, Mary gave birth to her son Jesus. Forty days later she carried him back to her people. They accused her of having fornicated. In response, Mary pointed to her son, meaning to tell them to talk to him. They were angered at this and thought she was mocking them by asking them to speak with a 40-day old baby lying in a small cradle. At this, Allah made Jesus speak. He said, which are verses 30-33 in the chapter of Mariam in the Qur'an: "I am a slave of Allah. He will reveal the Book (Injeel [Bible]) to me and make me a prophet. He blessed me wherever I am. In the rules revealed to me there will be a special attention given to prayers and charity. Allah predestined that I will be kind to my mother and not a tyrant with a bad ending. Peace was on me the day I was born. Peace will be on me on the day I will die and on the day I am raised alive again."[5][14]
Other references in hadith are:
According to al-Tabari, this was due to the prayer of Mary's mother: "I seek refuge in you for her and her progeny from the accursed Satan."[15]“When any human being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers, except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead.”
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