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Maryam's society had various ignorant ideas about the
Prophet Jesus (pbuh) right from the moment of his birth,

and even attempted to slander Maryam. Allah relays in the
Qur'an about the reaction of those who did not believe in
his miraculous birth and that he was a miracle of our Lord
even while he was still in the cradle:
She [Maryam] brought him [Jesus] to her people, carrying
him. They exclaimed: "O Maryam! You have done an un-
thinkable thing! O Sister of Aaron, your father was not an
evil man, nor was your mother an unchaste woman!" She
pointed toward him. They said: "How can a baby in the cra-
dle speak?" He [Jesus] said: "I am the servant of Allah. He
has given me the Book and made me a prophet. He has
made me blessed wherever I am, and has directed me to per-
form prayer and give alms as long as I live. And [He di-
rected me] to show devotion to my mother. He has not made

me insolent or arrogant. Peace be upon me the day I was
born, the day I die, and the day I am raised up again alive."
(Surah Maryam:27-33)
The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) performed, by Allah's will,
many other miracles, such as healing the blind and the sick
and making a bird out of mud and setting it in flight:

Remember when Allah said: "Jesus, son of Maryam, re-
member My blessing to you and to your mother when I rein-

Right: Giovanni Bellini, Madonna and Child, Three Musical Angels,
and SS. Francis, John the Baptist, Job, Dominic, Sebastian, and
Louis of Toulouse, known as the St. Job (Giobbe) Altarpiece. c.
1480. Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy.