What Was Mary's Reaction When the Angel Told Her of a Faultless Son?
كيف كانت ردة فعل السيدة مريم عندما أخبرها الملك أنها سيكون لها ولدٌ؟
She was very surprised because she was completely chaste and no mortal man had touched her. But the angel told her that his birth was the command of Allah, a miracle birth, a thing already ordained. When Allah orders a thing to happen, He only has to say "Be," and it is.
("She wondered, 'How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me, nor am I unchaste?' He replied, 'So will it be! Your Lord says, "It is easy for Me. And so will We make him a sign for humanity and a mercy from Us." It is a matter already decreed.'") (Maryam 19:20-21)
("Mary wondered, 'My Lord! How can I have a child when no man has ever touched me?'") (Al-Imran 3:47)
استغربت لأنها كانت عذراء وطاهرة ولم يلمسها أي رجل. ولكن قال لها الملك إن الله سبحانه أراد ذلك، وعندما يريد شيئًا فهو سبحانه يقول له "كن" فيكون.
(قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا. قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا مَّقْضِيًّا) مريم 19: 20- 21
(قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ) آل عمران 3: 47
1. A Second Denial the Other Verse Doesn't Have | نفيٌ إضافي لا تحمله الآية الأخرى
Surah Al-Imran records Mary asking only how she could have a child when no man had touched her. Surah Maryam adds a second, more pointed denial in her own words: "nor am I unchaste." She was not simply confused about the mechanics of what was happening; she was, before anything else, defending her chastity, ruling out the very accusation her own people would later throw at her when she returned carrying her son.
تسجل سورة آل عمران سؤال مريم عن كيفية حدوث ذلك فقط، بينما تضيف سورة مريم نفيًا آخر أكثر تحديدًا: "وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا"، فهي تدافع عن عفتها قبل كل شيء، نافيةً التهمة ذاتها التي سيوجهها قومها إليها لاحقًا حين تعود حاملةً ابنها.
2. Why This Birth Specifically, and Its Purpose | لماذا هذه الولادة تحديدًا، وما غايتها
Surah Maryam gives a reason Al-Imran does not spell out here: Allah says He will make this child "a sign for humanity and a mercy from Us." His fatherless birth was never meant to stand alone; it points toward everything he would go on to do, from speaking as an infant to the miracles Allah later granted him as an adult, all part of one continuous sign.
تذكر سورة مريم سببًا لا تُفصّله آل عمران هنا: "وَلِنَجْعَلَهُ آيَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةً مِّنَّا"، فولادته بلا أبٍ لم تكن غايةً في ذاتها، بل إشارةً إلى كل ما سيقوم به لاحقًا من كلامه في المهد إلى المعجزات التي منحه الله إياها في كبره.
3. The Same Refrain Given to Zachariah | اللازمة ذاتها التي قيلت لزكريا
"It is easy for Me" is not unique to this moment. The very same surah uses the identical phrase to answer Zachariah's astonishment that he could have a son at his old age, "It is easy for Me, just as I created you before, when you were nothing." Surah Maryam deliberately places these two miracle-birth announcements, Zachariah's son and Mary's son, back to back with matching language, tying the two accounts together as one demonstration of the same divine power. What immediately followed this announcement is covered in how Mary got pregnant and how she gave birth.
"هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ" ليست حصريةً لهذه اللحظة، فالسورة نفسها تستخدم العبارة ذاتها ردًا على استغراب زكريا أن يكون له ولدٌ في كبره: "هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا". فتضع سورة مريم بشارتي الميلاد المعجز جنبًا إلى جنب بلغةٍ متطابقة.
Frequently Asked Questions | الأسئلة الشائعة
What was Mary's reaction to the angel's news?
She was astonished and asked how she could have a son when no man had touched her and she was not unchaste.
Why did Mary specifically deny being unchaste?
To rule out the one explanation people might otherwise assume, defending her chastity even before understanding how the birth would happen.
What purpose did Allah give for this birth?
To make her son a sign for humanity and a mercy from Allah.
Was a similar promise made to anyone else in the same surah?
Yes, Zachariah was told the same words, "It is easy for Me," when he wondered how he could have a son at his old age.