20 Preface قالَت أَنّىٰ يَكونُ لي غُلامٌ وَلَم يَمسَسني بَشَرٌ وَلَم أَكُ بَغِيًّاAli Quli QaraiShe said, ‘How shall I have a child seeing that no human being has ever touched me, nor have I been unchaste?’