Mary withdraws, the Spirit appears to her as a man, she conceives and gives birth under the palm, brings the child to her people, and he speaks from the cradle; then the verdict on those who dispute about him.
The verses are on the Qur’anic passages. Each commentary below is complete for The birth of Jesus (19:16-37); choose a work to read it, or read them in order from the earliest.
The commentaries on these verses
- al-Ṭabarī (d. 310 AH / 923 CE), about 17,760 words, in 2 parts.
- al-Baghawī (d. 516 AH / 1122 CE), about 3,710 words.
- al-Qurṭubī (d. 671 AH / 1273 CE), about 10,530 words.
- Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH / 1373 CE), about 8,850 words.
- Tanwīr al-Miqbās (d. compiler d. 817 AH / 1414 CE), about 1,220 words.
- al-Jalālayn (d. 864 AH / 1459 CE and 911 AH / 1505 CE), about 1,160 words.
- al-Durr al-Manthūr (d. 911 AH / 1505 CE), about 9,020 words.
- al-Saʿdī (d. 1376 AH / 1956 CE), about 2,980 words.
Where these verses stand in the gospel
The same commentaries are woven into Section 2 (19:16-33), Section 3 (19:34-37) of The Gospel According to Islam, at the point in the story where the verses are told.