She replied, “Tell me the whole truth; you are not the sort of woman who would give up the boy for the reason you have just mentioned. (1)”

She kept pressing me, refusing to let me go until I told her what had happened to him. When I had finished, she calmed down and said, “Was it Satan you feared for him, Halimah?”

I said, “Yes.”

She answered, “Never! By Allah, Satan has no path to him. My son has a special destiny. Shall I tell you about it?”

I said, “Please do.”

She said, “When I conceived him, I saw a light come forth from me that illuminated the palaces of Busra in Syria. Then, when I gave birth to him, he came out with his hands on the ground and his head raised toward the sky.

“So leave him with me and return home in peace.”