19 Preface قالَ إِنَّما أَنا رَسولُ رَبِّكِ لِأَهَبَ لَكِ غُلامًا زَكِيًّاYusuf AliHe said: “Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son.1God had destined her to be the mother of the Prophet Jesus Christ, and now had come the time when this should be announced to her.