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angels said, 'Maryam, your Lord gives you good news of a Word from
Him. His name is the Messiah, 'Isa, son of Maryam, of high esteem in
this world and the hereafter, and one of those brought near. He will
speak to people in the cradle, and also when fully grown, and will be
one of the righteous,' she said, 'My Lord! How can I have a son when
no man has ever touched me?' He said, 'It will be so.' Allah creates
whatever He wills. When He decides on something, He just says to it,
'Be!' and it is. (Surah Al 'Imran, 42-47)
And veiled herself from them. Then We sent Our Spirit to her and it
took on for her the form of a handsome, well-built man. She said, 'I seek
refuge from you with the All-Merciful if you guard against evil.' He said,
'I am only your Lord's messenger so that He can give you a pure boy.' She
said, 'How can I have a boy when no man has touched me and I am not
an unchaste woman?' He said, 'It will be so! Your Lord says, "That is easy
for Me. It is so that We can make him a Sign for mankind and a mercy
from Us." It is a matter already decreed.' (Surah Maryam, 17-21)

DEATH ANGELS
Everyone has a succession of angels in front of him and behind him,
guarding him by Allah's command. Allah never changes a people's
state until they change what is in themselves. When Allah desires evil
for a people, there is no averting it. They have no protector apart from
Him. (Surat ar-Rad, 11)
How will it be when the angels take them in death, beating their
faces and their backs? That is because they followed what angers Allah
and hated what is pleasing to Him. So He made their actions come to
nothing. (Surah Muhammad, 27-28)
The angels ask those they take while they are wronging themselves,
'What were your circumstances?' They reply, 'We were oppressed on
earth.' They say, 'Was Allah's earth not wide enough for you to have
migrated to elsewhere in it?' The shelter of such people will be Hell.
What an evil destination! (Surat an-Nisa', 97)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against
Allah or denies His Signs, or who says, 'It has been revealed to me,'
when nothing has been revealed to him, or someone who says, 'I will