How Did Mary Get Pregnant and How Did She Give Birth?
كيف حملت وولدت مريم؟
Mary was chaste and very pious, and her mother, the wife of Imran, had placed her in the house of Allah to serve and worship there. One day she left the house for a need and was surprised by the angel, who gave her the glad tidings. Almighty Allah sent her an angel to give her the news that she would bear a child who would be special and would be a messenger of Allah.
("And mention in the Book the story of Mary when she withdrew from her family to a place in the east, and screened herself off from them. Then We sent to her Our angel, Gabriel, appearing before her as a man, perfectly formed. She appealed, 'I truly seek refuge in the Most Compassionate from you! So leave me alone if you are God-fearing.' He responded, 'I am only a messenger from your Lord, sent to bless you with a pure son.'") (Maryam 19:16-19)
كانت مريم عليها السلام تقيةً وعابدةً لله تعالى. وضعتها أمها امرأة عمران لتخدم في بيت الله، أي تتعبد فيه. وفي يومٍ خرجت لحاجتها، فجاءها الملك وهي خارج المسجد فأخبرها بالبشرى.
(وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَ إِذِ انتَبَذَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرْقِيًّا. فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِن دُونِهِمْ حِجَابًا فَأَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا. قَالَتْ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِنكَ إِن كُنتَ تَقِيًّا. قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا رَسُولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا) مريم 19: 16- 19
1. Withdrawal and a Screen, Before Anything Happened | الانعزال والحجاب، قبل حدوث شيء
Mary had already withdrawn from her family to a place apart, and had gone further still and placed a screen between herself and everyone else. This was ordinary privacy, not a response to anything unusual; the extraordinary event had not yet occurred. Her instinct toward seclusion is what the angel then approached.
كانت مريم قد انتبذت من أهلها مكانًا، بل واتخذت حجابًا يفصلها عن الجميع، وهذا انعزالٌ عاديٌّ منها لم يكن ردًا على أي أمرٍ غير معتاد، إذ لم يكن الحدث الاستثنائي قد وقع بعد.
2. Her First Instinct, Before Knowing Who He Was | ردة فعلها الأولى، قبل معرفة من هو
Gabriel appeared to her "as a man, perfectly formed," and Mary's immediate response, before he had said a single word to identify himself, was to seek refuge in Allah from him and to invoke his own piety as a reason to leave her alone. She did not wait to find out his intentions before defending herself. Only after this did he explain, "I am only a messenger from your Lord, sent to bless you with a pure son."
تمثّل لها جبريل "بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا"، وكانت ردة فعل مريم الفورية، قبل أن ينطق بكلمةٍ واحدةٍ للتعريف بنفسه، أن استعاذت بالله منه واحتجت بتقواه إن كان كذلك. لم تنتظر لمعرفة نيته قبل أن تدافع عن نفسها.
3. What "Pure" Already Signaled | ما دلّت عليه كلمة "زكيًا" مسبقًا
Gabriel's word choice, a "pure son" (ghulaman zakiyyan), announces the child's righteous character in the very sentence that announces his existence, before Mary has even asked how such a birth could happen. Her astonished question, and Allah's full answer to it, immediately follow this announcement and are covered in Mary's reaction to the angel's news.
يعلن اختيار جبريل لكلمة "غُلَامًا زَكِيًّا" عن صلاح الولد في الجملة ذاتها التي تعلن وجوده، قبل أن تسأل مريم أصلًا كيف يحدث ذلك.
Frequently Asked Questions | الأسئلة الشائعة
Where was Mary when the angel came to her?
She had withdrawn to a secluded place away from her family and placed a screen between herself and others.
How did the angel appear to Mary?
As a man, perfectly formed.
What was Mary's first reaction to seeing him?
She sought refuge in Allah from him and asked him to leave her alone if he was God-fearing, before he had identified himself.
What did the angel tell her he had come to do?
He said he was a messenger from her Lord, sent to bless her with a pure son.