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Mary had withdrawn into the Temple, where she was visited by the angel Gabriel ( Arabic: Jibrail ) to give the glad tidings of a holy son.

The Quran states that God sent the message through the angel Gabriel to Mary that God had honoured Mary among the women of all nations.

The angel also told Mary that she will give birth to a holy son, named Jesus, who will be a great prophet, to whom God will give the Gospel.

The angel further told Mary that Jesus will speak in infancy and maturity and will be a companion to the most righteous.

When this news was given to Mary, she asked the angel how she could conceive and have a child when no man had touched her.

The reply of the angel to Mary was, " Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, ' Be ,' and it is !".

The Quran, therefore, states that Jesus was created from the act of God's will.

The Quran compares this miraculous creation of Jesus with the creation of Adam, where God created Adam by his act of will ( kun-fa-yakun, meaning " Be and it is ").

According to the Quran, the same answer was given to the question of Zechariah, when he asked how his wife, Elizabeth, could conceive a baby as she was very old.