Time went by and Mary grew
up into a devoted, chaste and truthful woman. One day, while she was praying to God Almighty in seclusion, an angel, in the form of a very handsome man, appeared to her who conveyed a Divine message that she would have a son. The vision was so lifelike that Mary, being a virtuous woman, was taken aback as she was under the impression that a young man was standing before her. Therefore she said, "I seek refuge with Allah from you, if you be God fearing." The angel said, "I am only a messenger from God, that I may bestow a righteous son on you.”
This shocked Mary as she was
a virgin. She said, "How can I have a son when no man has touched me and I am not an unchaste woman?" The angel said, "Thus it shall be. Your Lord says: 'It is easy for Me; and We shall do so. We may make him a Sign unto people and mercy from Us. This has been decreed'."
Thus Mary conceived the
child without the agency of a male.
Angels appeared to Mary in her dreams yet again, and gave her the glad tidings of a son whose name would be Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. She was told that he would be honoured in this world and in the next and would be granted nearness to God.
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