Flight into Egypt

===Muslim===
The [[Quran]] does not include the tradition of the Flight into Egypt, though [[Al-Muʼminun]], 50 could conceivably allude to it: “And we made the [[Jesus in Islam|son of Maryam]] and his [[Mary in Islam|mother]] a sign; and we made them abide in an elevated place, full of quiet and watered with springs”. However, its account of the birth of Jesus is very similar to the account of the Flight in the ''Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew'': Mary gives birth leaning against the trunk of a date palm, which miraculously provides her with dates and a stream. It is therefore thought that one tradition owes something to the other.<ref>A.J. Wensinck and Penelope C. Johnstone, “Maryam”, in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition'', ed. by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 30 September 2018. {{doi|10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0692}}, {{ISBN|9789004161214}}.</ref><ref>Mustafa Akyol, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3xCxDAAAQBAJ The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of the Muslims]'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 2017), pp. 114-16.</ref>

Numerous later Muslim writers on the life of Jesus did transmit stories about the Flight into Egypt. Prominent examples include [[Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi]], whose ''ʿArāʾis al-madjālis fī ḳiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ'', an account of the lives of the prophets, reports the Flight, followed by a stay in Egypt of twelve years; and [[al-Tabari]]'s ''[[History of the Prophets and Kings]]''.<ref>Oddbjørn Leirvik, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IEUdCgAAQBAJ Images of Jesus Christ in Islam]'', 2nd ed. (London: Continuum, 2010), pp. 59, 64.</ref>