Then when her pregnancy was completed and she gave birth to her child she said: "My Lord, indeed I have given birth to a female,"—and Allah is more knowing of what she gave birth to, and Allah will make for her a significant status—and she said: "And the male whom I wanted for service is not like the female in that; because the male is stronger for service and more capable of it, and indeed I have named her Mary, and indeed I have placed her in Your protection, her and her offspring, from Satan the expelled from Your mercy."