20 Preface قالَت أَنّىٰ يَكونُ لي غُلامٌ وَلَم يَمسَسني بَشَرٌ وَلَم أَكُ بَغِيًّاAhmed Ali“How can I have a son,” she said, “when no man has touched me, nor am I sinful?”