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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 20

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قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَـٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّاQur’an Maryam (19:20)

Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamun walam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyyan

Said she: "How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me? - for, never have I been a loose woman!"

- Mohammad Asad

She said: "How shall I bear a son, no man has ever touched me nor am I unchaste?"

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

She wondered, 'How can I have a son when no man has ever touched me, nor am I unchaste?'

- Mustafa Khattab

She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

She said: "How shall I have a son seeing that no man has touched me and I am not unchaste?"

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali