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Mary's Conception, Comparing Ch. 3 and Ch.19
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The Holy Qur'an Chapter 3:
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"And when the angels said, 'Mary, God has chosen thee, and purified thee, He has chosen thee above all women.
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Mary, be obedient to thy Lord, prostrating and bowing before Him.
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That is of the tidings of the Unseen that We reveal to thee, for thou wast not with them, when they were casting quills which of them should have charge of Mary; thou wast not with them when they were disputing.
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When the angels said, 'Mary, God gives thee good tidings of a Kalimat from Him whose name is Al Masih, Esa ibn Mariam; high honoured shall he be in this world and the next, near stationed to God.
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He shall speak to men in the cradle, and of age, and righteous he shall be.
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'Lord' said Mary, 'How shall I have a son seeing no mortal has touched me?' Even so, 'God said, God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing He does but say to it 'Be,' and it is."
Translation by - Arthur J. Arberry.
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The Holy Qur'an Chapter 19:
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"And mention in the Book Mary when she withdrew from her people to an eastern place.
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And she took a veil apart from them; then We sent Our Ruhanna that presented himself to her a man without fault.
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She said 'I take refuge in the All-Merciful from thee! If thou fearest God!
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He said, 'I am but a messenger come from thy Lord, to give thee a boy most pure!
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She said, 'How shall I have a son whom no mortal has touched neither have I been unchaste.
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He said, 'Even so thy Lord has said: 'Easy is that for me; and that We may appoint him a sign unto men and a mercy from Us; it is a thing decreed'."
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Note:
Mary, here, is the recipient of divine revelation.
God spoke to her via His Angels
This is a spiritual dialogue between God and Mary.
True or false?
Translators contend that the narratives of Chapter 3 and Chapter 19 above relate to one and the same incident, simply scripted from two different perspectives. Is that so? Definitely not. Each is a version of its own of two happenings, separate and distinct one from the other, poles apart,
as 3 is from 19.
3: 41 - 46 A Spiritual Announcement
Mary/Angels
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Note:
Mary, here, is in physical accompaniment with a visitor. A face to face, man to man exchange in a heart to heart conversation.
'My Lord':
According to 3:46 she was addressing God, hence 'My Lord'
According to 19:20: she spoke directly to a mortal who was her opposite equal.
19: 16 - 21 A Physical Meeting
Mary/Ruhanna
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