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Islam and the Quran
when no man has touched me; and neither
have I been unchaste?’ [The angel] replied,
‘So shall it be; your Lord says, “This is easy
for Me; and We shall make him a sign to
people and a blessing, from Us. This has
been decreed.”’ (Quran 19:16-21)

At another place the Quran says that God breathed His
Spirit into Mary before she gave birth to Jesus:

Remember the one who guarded her
chastity; so We breathed Our Spirit into
her, and made her and her son a sign for all
people. (Quran 21:91)

This is why in Islam, Jesus is referred to as ruhullah, or
‘the Spirit of God’ and not ibnullah, or ‘the son of God’.

4 What is the circumstance of this

phrase Lakum deenukum waliya deen?

he verse referred to in the question is from Chapter
T109 and is as follows:

You have your religion and I have mine
(Quran 109:6)

This verse was revealed towards the end of the Makkan
phase of Islam, which lasted for 13 years. Several Islamic
scholars believe that this verse served as a last admonition
to the Prophet’s opponents (the Quraysh tribe). It means
that the verse came down at a point when the Prophet

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