She said “Lord how shall I have a child when no mortal has touched meḍ” He said “It is such. God creates what He will. Just as you witnessed the appearance of things contrary to ordinary reality in the provision We gave [to you] likewise We will break with ordinary reality by creating a son without a man having touched [you]. When He decrees a thing that is He desires a ruling ḥukm to come to pass He says to it only: 'Be' and it is. Producing [things] from the beginning and bringing [them] forth are not difficult for Him. When they began to blame her God caused Jesus عليه السلام to speak when he was [only] one day old; [he] said “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord” [3:49].
