Mothers .... Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; 1 A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. 1 and if he have no son and his parents are his heirs, then to his mother appertaineth the third; and if he have brethren, then to his mother appertaineth the sixth, after any legacy he may have bequeathed, or debt (hath been paid). 1 Forbidden unto you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your father's sisters, and your mother's sisters, 1 and your brother's daughters and your sister's daughters, and your foster mothers, and your foster sisters, and your mothers-in-law, 1 Say : Who then can do aught against Allah, if He had willed to destroy the Messiah son of Mary, and his mother and everyone on earth? 1 The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how we make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away 1 When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favor unto thee and unto thy mother 1 And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? 1 And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed, confirming that which (was revealed) before it, that thou mayst warn the Mother of Villages and those around her 1 He said: Son of my mother! Lo! the folk did judge me weak and almost killed me. 1 ....

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