A Miraculous Birth

 The Quran mentions a conversation between the Virgin Mary and the angel of the Lord in Surat Maryam (Mary) 19:19-21:

 He said:  I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may bestow on thee a faultless son.
 She said:  How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?
 He said:  So (it will be).  Thy Lord saith:  It is easy for Me.  And (it will be) that We may make of him a revelation for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a thing ordained.

Al Baidawi commented on the miraculous birth of Jesus, "That distinction sets Christ apart from other humans and messengers, because He was born without any human embrace or relationship."
 Al Fakhr el Razi also speaks of the miraculous birth of our Lord: "I bestow on thee a faultless boy."  He explained that "faultless" means first that Christ was without sin; second, that He grew in integrity, as it is said that He who has no sin is chaste and in the growing plant there is purity; and third, he was above reproach and pure.
 Furthermore, he expounded that the statement, "We may make of Him a revelation for mankind," means "we make His birth a sign to mankind, as He was born without a father"; and "a mercy from Us" means "mankind will be blessed by the manifestation of these signs for they will be overwhelming indications of His truthfulness and will make the acceptance of His word more likely."