فَلَمَّا

وَضَعَتۡهَا

قَالَتۡ

رَبِّ

إِنِّي

وَضَعۡتُهَآ

أُنثَىٰ

وَٱللَّهُ

أَعۡلَمُ

بِمَا

وَضَعَتۡ

وَلَيۡسَ

ٱلذَّكَرُ

كَٱلۡأُنثَىٰۖ

وَإِنِّي

سَمَّيۡتُهَا

مَرۡيَمَ

وَإِنِّيٓ

أُعِيذُهَا

بِكَ

وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا

مِنَ

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ

ٱلرَّجِيمِ

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When she delivered, she said, “My Lord! I have given birth to a girl,”—and Allah fully knew what she had delivered—“and the male is not like the female.¹ I have named her Mary, and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from Satan, the accursed.”²