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(We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': It is
a matter (so) decreed."

P: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me. And (it
will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy
from Us, and it is a thing ordained.

S: He said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that We may
make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter which
has been decreed.

019.022
Y: So she conceived him, and she retired with him to a remote place.

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

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

019.023
Y: And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree:
She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had died before this!
would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"

P: And the pangs of childbirth drove her unto the trunk of the
palm-tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died ere this and had become
a thing of naught, forgotten!

S: And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the
trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this,
and had been a thing quite forgotten!

019.024
Y: But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): "Grieve not!
for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;"

P: Then (one) cried unto her from below her, saying: Grieve not! Thy
Lord hath placed a rivulet beneath thee,

S: Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not,
surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;

019.025
Y: "And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let
fall fresh ripe dates upon thee."

P: And shake the trunk of the palm-tree toward thee, thou wilt cause
ripe dates to fall upon thee.

S: And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop on you
fresh ripe dates:

019.026
Y: "So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man,
say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allah) Most Gracious, and this day will I
enter into not talk with any human being'"

P: So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal,
say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak
this day to any mortal.

S: So eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal,
say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent Allah, so I shall not
speak to any man today.

019.027
Y: At leng