Deliverance from the Cross — Page 7
devotion along with those who worship. . God, through His Word gives thee glad tidings of a son named the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, honoured in this world and the next, and of those who are granted nearness to God. He shall admonish people in his early years and also in his ripe years, and he shall be of the righteous. Mary said: Lord, how shall I have a son, when no man has touched me? He answered: Such is the power of God, He creates what He pleases. When He decrees a thing, He says to it: Be; and it is. He will teach him the Book, and the Wisdom, and the Torah, and the Gospel, and will make him a Messenger to the children of Israel. " (al-e-'Imran, 3:43-44, 46-48) The Quran supplements that which is stated in Luke with: Recite the account of Mary according to this Book, when she withdrew from her people to a place towards the east and screened herself off from them. Then We sent Our angel to her and he appeared to her in the form of a well proportioned man. On perceiving him she exclaimed: I seek refuge with the Gracious One, from thee if thou art at all righteous. The angel 7