[5]. The identity of the caller is interpreted in two main ways:
(A) Jibrīl (Gabriel) — comforting her and instructing her.
(B) ʿĪsā (Jesus, as an infant) — speaking miraculously to reassure his mother.
[6]. From this verse, it becomes clear that Jesus was born in the warmth of summer, not in the chill of winter. As Mary laboured, she was told to shake the palm tree, and fresh, ripe dates fell for her to eat—something that happens only during the summer harvest. The scene described in the Qur’an, together with the natural season of date ripening, places the birth of Jesus between June and August, in the comfort of warm weather rather than the cold of December.