27 Preface فَأَتَت بِهِ قَومَها تَحمِلُهُ ۖ قالوا يا مَريَمُ لَقَد جِئتِ شَيئًا فَرِيًّاYusuf AliAt length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: “O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!1The amazement of the people knew no bounds. In any case they were ready to think the worst of her, as she disappeared from her kin for some time. But now she comes, shamelessly parading a babe in her arms! How she had disgraced the house of Aaron, the fountain of priesthood! We may suppose that the scene took place in the Temple in Jerusalem, or in Nazareth (Cf. 4:156).