He said, "So it is; your Lord said, 'It is easy for Me, and (We will do this) so that We make it a sign for people and a mercy from Us. And this is something already destined.'"

So she conceived him, and went in seclusion with him to a remote place.

Then the labour pains brought her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said "0 that I would have died before this and been something gone, forgotten."

Then he called her from beneath her: "Grieve not. Your Lord has placed a stream beneath you.

And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards yourself and, it will drop upon you ripe fresh dates.

So eat, drink and cool your eyes. Then if you see any human being, say (to him), "I have vowed a fast (of silence) for The Rabmn (All-Merciful), and therefore, I shall never speak to any human today."

Then she came to her people carrying him (the baby). They said, "0 Maryam you have come out with something grave indeed.

0 sister of Harun, neither your father was a man of evil nor was your mother unchaste."

So she pointed towards him (the baby). They said, "How shall we speak to someone who is yet a child in the cradle?"

Spoke he (the baby), "Verily I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet,