Amongst the greatest miracles ever shown to mankind was the birth of Prophet Isa (Jesus). He was born from light, given by a being of light, to his mother (a lady of light) and had a birth of light. Allah Almighty made him and his mother a sign for the whole universe.
Regarding his miraculous birth, Allah Almighty says:
وَاذۡكُرۡ فِى الۡـكِتٰبِ مَرۡيَمَۘ اِذِ انْتَبَذَتۡ مِنۡ اَهۡلِهَا مَكَانًا شَرۡقِيًّا ۙ
And remember Maryam in the Book; when she went away from her family to a place towards the east.
فَاتَّخَذَتۡ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهِمۡ حِجَابًا فَاَرۡسَلۡنَاۤ اِلَيۡهَا رُوۡحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَرًا سَوِيًّا
So there she screened herself from them; We therefore sent Our Spirit (i.e. Jibril) towards her - he appeared before her in the form of a healthy man.
قَالَتۡ اِنِّىۡۤ اَعُوۡذُ بِالرَّحۡمٰنِ مِنۡكَ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ تَقِيًّا
She said, “I seek the refuge of the Most Gracious from you - if you fear God.”
قَالَ اِنَّمَاۤ اَنَا رَسُوۡلُ رَبِّكِ ۖ لِاَهَبَ لَـكِ غُلٰمًا زَكِيًّا
He said, “I am indeed one sent by your Lord; so that I may give you a chaste son.”
قَالَتۡ اَنّٰى يَكُوۡنُ لِىۡ غُلٰمٌ وَّلَمۡ يَمۡسَسۡنِىۡ بَشَرٌ وَّلَمۡ اَكُ بَغِيًّا
She said, “How can I bear a son? No man has ever touched me, nor am I of poor conduct!”
قَالَ كَذٰلِكِ ۚ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ ۚ وَلِنَجۡعَلَهٗۤ اٰيَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحۡمَةً مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ اَمۡرًا مَّقۡضِيًّا
He said, “So it is; your Lord has said, ‘This is easy for Me’; and in order that We make him a sign for mankind and a Mercy from
Us; and this matter has been decreed.”
فَحَمَلَـتۡهُ فَانْتَبَذَتۡ بِهٖ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا
So she conceived him, and she went away with him to a far place.
فَاَجَآءَهَا الۡمَخَاضُ اِلٰى جِذۡعِ النَّخۡلَةِۚ قَالَتۡ يٰلَيۡتَنِىۡ مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هٰذَا وَكُنۡتُ نَسۡيًا مَّنۡسِيًّا
Then the pangs of childbirth brought her to the base of the palm-tree; she said, “Oh, if only had I died before this and had become forgotten, unremembered.”
فَنَادٰٮهَا مِنۡ تَحۡتِهَاۤ اَلَّا تَحۡزَنِىۡ قَدۡ جَعَلَ رَبُّكِ تَحۡتَكِ سَرِيًّا
(The angel) Therefore called her from below her, “Do not grieve - your Lord has made a river flow below you.”
وَهُزِّىۡۤ اِلَيۡكِ بِجِذۡعِ النَّخۡلَةِ تُسٰقِطۡ عَلَيۡكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
“And shake the trunk of the palm-tree towards you - ripe fresh dates will fall upon you.”
فَكُلِىۡ وَاشۡرَبِىۡ وَقَرِّىۡ عَيۡنًا ۚ فَاِمَّا تَرَيِنَّ مِنَ الۡبَشَرِ اَحَدًا ۙ فَقُوۡلِىۡۤ اِنِّىۡ نَذَرۡتُ لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ صَوۡمًا فَلَنۡ اُكَلِّمَ الۡيَوۡمَ اِنۡسِيًّا
“Therefore eat and drink and appease your eyes; so if you meet any person then say, ‘I have pledged a fast (of silence) to the Most Gracious - I will therefore not speak to any person today.’
[Qur’an 19:16-26]
Allah Almighty granted her Isa through the angel Jibril, making this a miraculous birth. She was a chaste woman, never having a male partner and was given a child via the means of an angel.
