The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:20

Mary · Verse 20 of 98

قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

Abdul Mannan Omar

She said, `How can I bear a son while no man (has married me and) has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

"How can I have a son," she said, "when no man has touched me, nor am I sinful?"

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Ali Unal

She said: "How shall I have a son, seeing no mortal has ever touched me, and I have never been unchaste?"

Daryabadi

She said: in what wise shall there be a boy unto me, whereas not a human being hath touched me, nor have I been a harlot?

Faridul Haque

She said, "How can I bear a son? No man has ever touched me, nor am I of poor conduct!"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

She said: How can I have a son and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?

Maulvi Sher Ali

She said, `How can I have a son when no man has touched me, neither have I been unchaste?'

Muhammad Asad

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

Muhammad Musin Khan

She said: "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, nor am I unchaste?"

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

She said, "How can I have a son when no mortal has touched me nor am I an unchaste woman".

Muhammed ali Shakir

She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?

Rashad Khalifa

She said, "How can I have a son, when no man has touched me; I have never been unchaste."

Shabbir Ahmed

She said, "How can I have a son when no man has ever (intimately) touched me? For, I am not rebellious to morality.”