Talking as an Infant

When Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, recall My favour upon you and your mother, how I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit, so you spoke to people as an infant and as an adult. I taught you the Scripture, wisdom, the Torah, and the Gospel.

5:110When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;

So, she pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the cradle?”

19:29Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?

He said, “I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet.”

19:30He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah. He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,

“And He has blessed me wherever I go and enjoined upon me prayer and charity as long as I live.”

19:31And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,

“And He has made me kind to my mother and has not made me arrogant or defiant.”

19:32And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.

“Peace be upon me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised alive.”

19:33Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!

That is Jesus, son of Mary, a statement of truth about which they dispute.

19:34Such was Jesus, son of Mary: (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.