The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:22

Mary · Verse 22 of 98

فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

Abdul Mannan Omar

She (- Mary) conceived him (- the child) and withdrew with him to a remote place.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

When she conceived him she went away to a distant place.

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Ali Unal

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

Daryabadi

hen she conceived him, and she retired with him to a place far-off.

Faridul Haque

So she conceived him, and she went away with him to a far place.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Then she conceived him; and withdrew with him to a remote place.

Maulvi Sher Ali

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

Muhammad Asad

and in time she conceived him, and then she withdrew with him to a far-off place.

Muhammad Musin Khan

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place

Muhammad Pickthall

And she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a far place.

Muhammad Sarwar

She conceived the child and retreated with him to a distant and solitary place.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So she conceived him; then withdrew herself with him to a remote place.

Rashad Khalifa

When she bore him, she isolated herself to a faraway place.

Shabbir Ahmed

And in time she conceived him and withdrew with him to a far-off place, (Bethlehem).

Commentary 19:22 Makâna Qasiyyâ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا refers to a remote and distant place. Here, it refers to the departure of Mary from the “eastern place” (makânan…

فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانتَبَذَتْ بِهِ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

19:22 Makâna Qasiyyâ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا refers to a remote and distant place. Here, it refers to the departure of Mary from the “eastern place” (makânan sharqiyya شرقيٌامَكَانًا) to some “distant place” where water and date palms were abundant. The Holy Qur’ân does not mention the name of the place, but does give a brief description. Ibn Jarîr and many other interpreters of the Holy Qur’ân agree that this place was somewhere in Egypt. It appears from the Gospel that after Jesus birth at Bethlehem, Joseph had taken Jesus and his mother Mary to Egypt, and it was after the death of Herod that the family came back to Nazareth (Matt. 2.13-23). Unlike the version of the New Testament, according to the Holy Qur’ân, Mary left Palestine for Egypt before the birth of Jesus and the birth-place of Jesus is some “remote and distant” oasis with a small stream (cf. 19:25-26). Here the Holy Qur’ân disqualifies Bethlehem or any other Palestinian city as being the birth-place of Jesus.