سورة مَریَم
Surah Maryam 19:25
Mary · Verse 25 of 98
وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
Abdul Mannan Omar
`Shake the branch of the palm-tree, drawing it towards you, it will cause fresh and ripe dates to fall upon you.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee.
Ahmed Ali
Shake the trunk of the date-palm tree, and it will drop ripe dates for you.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
"And shake the trunk of the date-palm towards you: it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon you.
Daryabadi
And shake toward thee the trunk of the palm-tree it shall drop on thee dates fresh and ripe.
Faridul Haque
"And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards you - ripe fresh dates will fall upon you." (This was a miracle - the date palm was dry and it was winter season.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And shake towards thee the trunk of the palm-tree, it will drop on thee fresh ripe dates.
Maulvi Sher Ali
`And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree; it will drop upon thee fresh ripe dates;
Muhammad Asad
and shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards thee: it will drop fresh, ripe dates upon thee.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And shake the trunk of date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe-dates upon you.
Muhammad Pickthall
And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause ripe dates to fall upon thee.
Muhammad Sarwar
If you shake the trunk of the palm tree, it will provide you with fresh ripe dates.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates:
Rashad Khalifa
If you shake the trunk of this palm tree, it will drop ripe dates for you.
Shabbir Ahmed
"And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards you. It will drop fresh ripe dates upon you."
Commentary 19:25 The exact date and year and place of Jesus birth have never been settled by historians. According to this verse his birth took place at a “distant place”…
وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
19:25 The exact date and year and place of Jesus birth have never been settled by historians. According to this verse his birth took place at a “distant place” at a time when dates are ripening on palms trees. This corresponds to the Jewish month of Elul, which in turn corresponds to the months of August and September. If one can give any credence to the birth story in Luke where he says, “And there were shepherds in the same country (Judea) abiding in the field and keeping watch by night over their flocks” (Luke 2:7,8), the birth of Jesus did not take place in winter when the nightly temperature is low in the hills of Judea and snow is not uncommon. There is no scriptural authority for the belief that December 25th was the birthday of Jesus.
When in the 4th century A.D. the fathers of the Christian Church decided upon a date to celebrate the birthday of their Master, they chose the day of the celebration of the winter solstice, which was the most important pagan festival of the time. The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun, and in the Roman north on December 25th, a big pagan festival was observed. The fathers of the Church, unable to stamp out this popular festival and to win the sympathy of the Nordic peoples, Christianized it as the Feast of the Nativity of the Sun of Truth. The Christmas day celebrated on the 25thof December is a later addition and has nothing to do with the real birthdate of Jesus – neither according to historians, nor according to the Bible, nor according the Qur’ânic account in verse 19:25. This verse of the Holy Qur’ân exposes this incorrect account just as it disqualifies Bethlehem as his birthplace.