Surah Maryam 19:20

سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ · Meccan · Verse 20 of 98

قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌۭ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّۭا

Translation

She said, ‘How can I have a son when no man has touched me? I have not been unchaste,’

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

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