So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. "

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

But he called her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided beneath you a stream.

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Mary asked the natural question: "

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The Quran reports the first words that Jesus uttered in the cradle :"

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The Quran does not conceal Mary’s moment of weakness."

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She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched ."

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So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. "