Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And in time she returned to her people, carrying the child with her. They said: "O Mary! Thou hast indeed done an amazing thing
M. M. Pickthall
Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Thou hast come with an amazing thing
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Then she returned to her people, carrying him. They said ˹in shock˺, “O Mary! You have certainly done a horrible thing!
Safi Kaskas
Then she went back to her people, carrying him. They said, "Mary, you have done a horrible thing.
Wahiduddin Khan
Carrying her child, she brought him to her people. They said, O Mary, you have indeed done something terrible
Shakir
And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They said: O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, she approached her folk with him, carrying him. They said: O Mary! Surely, thou hadst drawn near a monstrous thing!
T.B.Irving
She carried him back to her family. They said: "Mary, you have brought something hard to believe!
Abdul Hye
Carrying the baby, she brought him to her people. They said: “O Mary! Indeed you have brought a mighty thing (hard to believe)!
The Study Quran
Then she came with him unto her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary! Thou hast brought an amazing thing
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
Upon her return to her people, carrying him, they exclaimed, “O Mary, you’ve done something unthinkable!
Talal Itani (2012)
Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, 'O Mary, you have done something terrible
Dr. Kamal Omar
So she came with him to her nation — she holds him (in her lap). They said: “O Maryam (Mary)! Surely, indeed you have brought a thing strange and undesirable
Carrying the baby, she came back to her people. They said: "O Mary! You have brought something hard to believe
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Then she came up with him to her people carrying him. They said, "O Maryam, (Mary) indeed you have readily come with a fabricated thing
Muhammad Sarwar
She took him to her people and they said, "Mary, this is indeed an strange thing
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then she came to her people carrying him (the baby). They said, .O Maryam you have committed something grave indeed
Shabbir Ahmed
Later, she returned to her people carrying the child with her. They said, "O Mary! You have come with an amazing thing (breaking the rules of the shrine)."
Dr. Munir Munshey
She returned to her folks carrying him (the baby). They said, "Oh Mary! What an unprecedented act have you committed!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
At the end she brought the (baby) to her people, carrying him (baby Jesus in her arms). They said: "O Maryam (Mary)! Truly an amazing thing have you brought
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Then she came to her people carrying him. They said: "O Mary, you have come with something totally unexpected!"
Abdel Haleem
She went back to her people carrying the child, and they said, ‘Mary! You have done something terrible
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Then she brought him to her nation carrying him. They said: Maryam! assuredly thou hast brought a thing unheard Of
Ahmed Ali
Then she brought the child to her people. They exclaimed: "O Mary, you have done a most astonishing thing
Aisha Bewley
She brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, ´Maryam! You have done an unthinkable thing!
Ali Ünal
She came to her people, carrying him. They exclaimed: "O Mary! You have come for sure with an unheard of, mighty thing
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then carrying him she brought him to her people. They said, ‘O Mary, you have certainly come up with an odd thing
Hamid S. Aziz
Then she brought him (her son) to her people, carrying it. Said they, "O Mary! You have done an amazing (abominable) thing
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said: “Mary, you have done an unprecedented thing,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Then she brought him to her people carrying him. They said, “O Mary, truly a curious thing have you brought.
Musharraf Hussain
She came to her family, carrying him. They said, “Maryam, you have brought something unheard of;
Maududi
Then she came to her people, carrying her baby. They said: "O Mary! You have committed a monstrous thing
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Then she came to her people carrying him. They said: "O Mary, you have come with a thing totally unexpected!
Mohammad Shafi
And she came to her people carrying the child. They said, "O Mary! You have verily done a terrible thing."
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then she brought him to her people taking him in her lap. They said, 'no 'doubt, you have committed a very vile thing.'
She came to her family, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have committed something that is totally unexpected.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
She came to her nation, carrying him; and they said: 'O Mary, you have committed a monstrous thing
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Then she came to her people with him, carrying him. They said: O Mary, thou has indeed brought a strange thing
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So she came with him (to) her nation carrying him , they said: "You Mary, you had come (with) a strange and confusing thing."
Bijan Moeinian
Mary then came back to her folks, carrying the baby. They told her: “What a surprise Mary.”
Faridul Haque
So carrying him in her arms, she brought him to her people; they said, "O Maryam, you have indeed committed a great evil!"
Sher Ali
Then she brought him to her people, mounted. They said, `O Mary, surely, thou hast committed a monstrous thing
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then, carrying (the baby in her lap), she came to her people. They said: ‘O Maryam (Mary), surely you have brought quite an amazing thing
Amatul Rahman Omar
(When Jesus grew up) she took him to her people carrying him on a mount. They said, `Mary! you have brought a strange thing
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then she brought him (the baby) to her people, carrying him. They said: "O Mary! Indeed you have brought a thing Fariya (an unheard mighty thing)
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Then she brought him to her people carrying him. They said, “O Mary! You have indeed done something very daring.
Munir Mezyed
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said: "O’ Mary! Verily, you have brought an unpredictable thing.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
So she brought him to her people. They said: oh Maryam (Mary), you have brought something unacceptable.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Finally (Mary) returned to her people [in Jerusalem], carrying the infant. They said, “O Mary, truly you have brought an astonishing thing!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Then she came to her people, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
She carried him back to her people. They said: "Mary, you have brought something hard to believe!
Samy Mahdy
Then she brought him to her kinfolk, carrying him. They said, “O Mary, you have brought a slander thing.
Sayyid Qutb
At length, she went to her people carrying the child. They said: 'Mary, you have indeed done an amazing thing!
Ahmed Hulusi
When (Mary) came to her family with him in her arms, they said, “O Mary... Indeed, you have done a terrible thing!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then she brought the child to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: 'Verily you have done a very indecent thing'
She carried the babe taking him home to her people who exclaimed: "O Maryam," they said, "you have committed yourself to an evil line of conduct of grave consequence"
Mir Aneesuddin
Then she came to her people carrying him (Isa). They (her people) said, "O Maryam !you have come with a strange thing.
The Wise Quran
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him; they said, 'O Mary! Certainly, you have done a forged thing.