(And it was said unto his son): O John! Hold fast the Scripture. And we gave him wisdom when a child

And compassion from Our presence, and purity; and he was devout

And dutiful toward his parents. And he was not arrogant, rebellious

Peace on him the day he was born, and the day he dieth and the day he shall be raised alive

And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdrawn from her people to a chamber looking East

And had chosen seclusion from them. Then We sent unto her Our Spirit and it assumed for her the likeness of a perfect man

She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art Allah-fearing

He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son

She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste

He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained

And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place

And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become a thing of naught, forgotten

Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee

And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee