Virgin Conception of Jesus in the Qur'an: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Angel Gabriel with the Virgin Mary.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Angel Gabriel with the Virgin Mary, as depicted in the Cestello Annunciation, by Sandro Botticelli, 1489-90 AD. <BR>According to tafsir text, the Qur'an mentions in two separate places that Allah sent Angel Gabriel to blow into Mary's vagina.]]

==Literal Meaning==

===Lane's Lexicon===

{{quote| 1=[http://www.studyquran.co.uk/6_FA.htm Lane's Lexicon: Fa Ya Jiim] |2=

Fa-Ra-Jiim = To open, separate, cleave, split, enlarge, part, let a space between, make a room, comfort anything in, dispel cares. An opening, intervening space [gap or breach] between two things. Ex: Parting hind legs or intervening spaces between fingers.

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==Versions of Translations==

Many translators of these verses were likely embarrassed to translate the word into its real meaning so they used alternate and sometimes widely varying meanings that appeared more 'holy' such as seen in the following versions:

==Full Translations==

Here are the full quotes of the above translations and some additional translations.

{{quote | {{Quran|21|91}} | والتي احصنت '''فرجها''' فنفخنا فيها من روحنا وجعلناها وابنها اية للعالمين

'''Literal:''' And who remained chaste/(protected) '''her genital parts''' , so We blew into her from Our Soul/Spirit , and We made/created her and her son (as) an evidence/sign to the creations all together/(universes). <ref name="q2191"></ref>}}

{{quote|{{Quran|66|12}} | ومريم ابنت عمران التي احصنت '''فرجها''' فنفخنا فيه من روحنا وصدقت بكلمات ربها وكتبه وكانت من القانتين

'''Literal:''' And Mary Amran's daughter who remained chaste (protected) her '''genital parts between her legs''', so We blew in it from Our Soul/Spirit , and she confirmed/was truthful with her Lord's words/expressions, and His Books , and she was from the worshipping humbly <ref name="q6612"></ref> }}

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'''Yusuf Ali:''' And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples. <ref name="t3"/>}}

'''Sher Ali:''' And remember her who guarded her chastity, so WE breathed into her of Our Word and WE made her and her son a Sign for all peoples. <ref name="t4"/>}}

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'''Yusuf Ali:''' And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We breathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the devout (servants). <ref name="t1"/> }}

'''Sher Ali:''' And sets forth as an example Mary, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity - so WE breathed into him of Our Spirit - and she fulfilled the prophecy conveyed to her in the words of her Lord contained in HIS Books and she was one of the obedient. <ref name="t2"/>}}

====Qur'an 21:91====

(And Maryam, the daughter of `Imran who guarded her chastity. And We breathed into it [her garment] through Our Ruh) [66:12]. <ref name="tafsir-21">[http://tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=21&tid=33408 Tafsir 'Ibn Kathir - Quran 21:91]</ref>}}

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('''And We breathed into it (private part)''' through Our Ruh,) meaning, through the angel Jibril. Allah sent the angel Jibril to Maryam, and '''he came to her in the shape of a man in every respect.''' Allah commanded him to blow into a gap of her garment and that '''breath went into her womb through her private part'''; this is how `Isa was conceived. <ref name=tafsir-66>[http://tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=66&tid=54466 Tafsir 'ibn Kathir - Quran 66:12]</ref>}}

====Qur'an 21:91====

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'''Asad:''' AND [remember] her who guarded her chastity, whereupon We breathed into her of Our spirit [This allegorical expression, used here with reference to Mary's conception of Jesus, has been widely - and erroneously - interpreted as relating specifically to his birth. As a matter of fact, the Quran uses the same expression in three other places with reference to the creation of man in general - namely in 15:29 and 38:72, "when I have formed him... and breathed into him of My spirit" and in 32:9, "and thereupon He forms [lit., "formed"] him fully and breathes [lit., "breathed"] into him of His spirit". In particular, the passage of which the last-quoted phrase is a part (i.e., 32:7 - 9) makes it abundantly and explicitly clear that God "breathes of His spirit" into every human being. Commenting on the verse under consideration, Zamakhshari states that "the breathing of the spirit [of God] into a body signifies the endowing it with life": an explanation with, which Razi concurs. (In this connection, see also note on 4:171.) '''As for the description of Mary as allati ahsanat farjaha, idiomatically denoting "one who guarded her chastity" (lit,, "her private parts")''' it is to be borne in mind that the term ihsan - lit., "[one's] being fortified [against any danger or evil]" - has the tropical meaning of "abstinence from what is unlawful or reprehen­ sible" (Taj al-Arus), and especially from illicit sexual intercourse, and is applied to a man as well as a woman: thus, for instance, the terms muhsan and muhsanah are used elsewhere in the Quran to describe, respectively, a man or a woman who is "fortified [by marriage] against unchastity". Hence, the expression allati ahsanat farjaha, occurring in the above verse as well as in 66:12 with reference to Mary, is but meant to stress her outstanding chastity and complete abstinence, in thought as well as in deed, from anything unlawful or morally reprehensible: in other words, a rejection of the calumny (referred to in 4:156 and obliquely alluded to in 19:27 - 28) that the birth of Jesus was the result of an "illicit union".] and caused her, together with her son, to become a symbol [of Our grace] unto all people. [For my rendering of the term ayah as "symbol", see surah 17:1 and surah 19:21.]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.alim.org/library/quran/ayah/compare/21/91/pdf/Allah%20accepted%20the%20prayers%20and%20blessed%20Prophets%20Isma%60il,%20Zulkifl,%20Yunus,%20Zakariya%20and%20also%20blessed%20Maryem|title= The Message of the Qur'an|publisher= Dar al-Andalus Ltd, 3 Library Ramp, Gibraltar|author=  Muhammad Asad|date= 1980|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alim.org%2Flibrary%2Fquran%2Fayah%2Fcompare%2F21%2F91%2Fpdf%2FAllah%2520accepted%2520the%2520prayers%2520and%2520blessed%2520Prophets%2520Isma%2560il%2C%2520Zulkifl%2C%2520Yunus%2C%2520Zakariya%2520and%2520also%2520blessed%2520Maryem&date=2013-07-22|deadurl=no}}</ref>}}

==See Also==

{{Hub4|Mary|Mary}}

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