The Quran and hadiths (testimonial reports) mention Jesus to have been born a "pure boy" (without sin) to Mary () as the result of virginal conception, similar to the event of the Annunciation in Christianity. The Quran denies Jesus as a deity in several verses, including one and mentions that Jesus did not claim to be divine (). According to the Quran, he was neither crucified nor raised from the dead, but was rather saved by God. (Although the earliest Islamic traditions and exegesis quote somewhat conflicting reports regarding a death and its length, Muslims believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, but still believe that he was raised alive to heaven). Over the centuries, Muslim writers have referenced other miracles like casting out demons, having borrowed from some heretical pre-Islamic sources, and from canonical sources as legends about Jesus were expanded.