Al Imran Explained

Number:3
Āli ʿImrān
Name-Ar:Arabic: آل عِمْرَانَ
Name-En:The Family of Imran
Prev Sura:Quran 2
Next Sura:Quran 4
Classification:Medinan
Juz:3–4
Rukus:20
Verses:200
Words:3503
Letters:15336
Muqattaat:Alif Lam Meem

Al Imran (Arabic: آل عِمْرَانَ, ; The Family of Imran[1]) is the third chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with two hundred verses (āyāt).

This chapter is named after the family of Imran (Joachim), which includes Imran, Saint Anne (wife of Imran), Mary, and Jesus.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the asbāb al-nuzūl or circumstances of revelation, the chapter is believed to have been either the second or third of the Medinan surahs, as it references both the events of the battles of Badr and Uhud. Almost all of it also belongs to the third Hijri year, though a minority of its verses might have been revealed during the visit of the deputation of the Christian community of Najran at the event of the mubahala, which occurred around the 10th year of the Hijrah.[2] Muhammad al-Bukhari giving commentary about the conclusion of this verse by correlate the subsequent event about the conversation between Muhammad and Gabriel, that the help which Allah sent down to bring victory to the Muslims were in the form of the army of best angels among their kinds. This were viewed as the instruction from the verse for Muslims to always fear and be thankful for Allah.

3:33 The family of Imran

The chapter takes its name from the family of Imran mentioned in verse .[12]

According to Christian tradition, Joachim is the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, mother of Jesus. As there is sparse evidence for Joachim being the name for the father of Mary, the Quranic account possibly alludes to the pun of Miriam, the daughter of Amram and sister of Aaron, for whom Muslim tradition believes Mary is named after. It also serves as a common focal point for Jewish and Christian audiences.

According to Iraqi Jewish translator, N.J. Dawood, the Quran confuses Mary mother of Jesus with Mary the sister of Moses, by referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus' father as Imran, which is the Arabic version of Amram, who in Exodus 6:20, is shown to be the father of Moses.[13] Dawood, in a note to Surah 19:28, where Mary the Mother of Jesus is referred to as the "Sister of Aaron", and Aaron was the brother of Mary sister of Moses, states: "It Appears that Miriam, Aaron's sister, and Maryam (Mary), mother of Jesus, were according to the Quran, the same person."[14] Although Islamic studies of the beginning of the 20th century tended to note genealogical discrepancies, in more recent Islamic Studies of the 21st century the general consensus is, according to Angelika Neuwirth, Nicolai Sinai and Michael Marx, that the Quran does not make a genealogical error but instead makes use of typology.[15] This is, following Wensinck's conclusion, supported by the figurative speech of the Quran and the Islamic tradition:

Similarly, Stowasser concludes that "to confuse Mary the mother of Jesus with Mary the sister of Moses and Aaron in Torah is completely wrong and in contradiction to the sound Hadith and the Qur'anic text as we have established".[16] [17] Rather it serves as a pun for the name Miriam, daughter of Amram and the sister of Aaron, venerated for helping to save her brother Moses as an infant. According to Muslim tradition, she serves as the forebearer of that name for Mary, mother of Jesus.

This matter has been explained in the following Hadith:

Ibn Kathir (d.1373) also commented on this in his Quranic exegesis (tafsir), recalling the Arab tradition of addressing a person as the brother or sister of their notable ancestor:

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  1. Encyclopedia: Āl ʿImrān. 2012 . Encyclopaedia of Islam. 2nd. Brill . P. Bearman. Th. Bianquis. C.E. Bosworth. E. van Donzel. W.P. Heinrichs. 10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_0553 .
  2. Web site: Omar Al-Muqbil . professor Shalih bin Abdullah bin Humaid from Riyadh Tafsir center . Imad Zuhair Hafidz from Markaz Ta'dhim Qur'an Medina . Omar Al-Muqbil . Surat Ali-Imran ayat 123 . 2016 . Tafsirweb . Islamic University of Madinah. 30 January 2022 . Indonesian, Arabic.
  3. Summary

  4. Book: al-Misri . Mahmud . Sahabat-Sahabat Rasulullah vol 1: Zubair bin Awwam . Companion of the Prophet vol 1: Zubair bin Awwam . 2015 . Pustaka Ibnu Katsir . 9789791294386 . id, ar . 6 November 2021 . Shaja'ah Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Radhiyallahu anh (bravery of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
    by ; official Book review by Basalamah; quoting various supplementary sources such as Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Siyar A'lam Nubala, Al-Tirmidhi, Prophetic biography of Ibn Hisham, etc.
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  5. Book: Al-Suyuti . Al-Suyuti . Muhammad as Said Basyuni . Mishabul Munir . Abu Hajir . Yasir . Muhammad . Misteri Alam Malaikat . 2021 . Religion / Islam / General . Pustaka al-Kautsar . 29–33, 172 . 9789795929512 . 6 February 2022 . id . Quoting Ibnul Mubarak from a book of az-Zuhd; ad Durr al-Manshur, chain narration from Ibnul Mubarak to Ibn SHihab (1/92).
  6. Book: Mahdi Rizqullah Ahmad . Anis Maftukhin . Yessi HM. Basyaruddin . Maftukhin . Anis . Biografi Rasulullah Sebuah Studi Analitis Berdasarkan Sumber-sumber yang Otentik . Biography of the Prophet An Analytical Study Based on Authentic Sources . 2017. Biography & Autobiography / Religious, Religion / Islam / General, Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632 -- Biography . Qisthi Press . 9789793715568 . 441–443 . 9 March 2022 . id . ebook.
  7. Web site: Omar Al-Muqbil . professor Shalih bin Abdullah bin Humaid from Riyadh Tafsir center . Imad Zuhair Hafidz from Markaz Ta'dhim Qur'an Medina . Omar Al-Muqbil . Surat Ali-Imran ayat 125 . 2016 . Tafsirweb . Islamic University of Madinah. 30 January 2022 . Indonesian, Arabic.
    • 125 The angels that came to aid the Muslims in Badr has been strengthened by another five thousands of their kinds who wearing distinctive marks on their bodies, and on their horses which they rode which will be recognized by the Muslims in the battlefield. The distinctive marks which are reported by some reports are said to be a white scarves, while another opinions says they are red or yellow.[7]
  8. This included the narration of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib who at that time fought on the side of Qurayshite polytheist, who testified that he has been taken captive on the aftermath of the battle by a horse rider whom he did not recognize at all from Muslims rank. According to the hadith authority from Ahmad ibn Hanbal, The captor of Abbas were confirmed by Muhammad as one of the angel who helped the Muslims during this battle.[7]
  9. Web site: Omar Al-Muqbil . professor Shalih bin Abdullah bin Humaid from Riyadh Tafsir center . Imad Zuhair Hafidz from Markaz Ta'dhim Qur'an Medina . Omar Al-Muqbil . Surat Ali-Imran ayat 126 . 2016 . Tafsirweb . Islamic University of Madinah. 30 January 2022 . Indonesian, Arabic.
  10. Book: Wherry . Elwood Morris . Elwood Morris Wherry . A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes . 1896 . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co . London.
  11. Book: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem. The Qur'an. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824214212/http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/book/islam-9780192831934/islam-9780192831934-chapter-3. dead. August 24, 2018. 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-157407-8. 34. Oxford Islamic Studies Online.
  12. Book: Dawood, N J. The Koran. 1956. Penguin Books. 9780141393841. London. 53.
  13. Book: Dawood, N J. The Koran. 1956. Penguin Books. 9780141393841. London. 306.
  14. Book: Michael Marx: Glimpses of a Mariology in the Qur'an; in: A. Neuwirth, Nicolai Sinai, Michael Marx (Hrsg.): The Qur'ān in Context. Historical and Literary Investigations into the Qur'ānic Milieu. Leiden 2011. pp. 533–563.. 533–563.
  15. Book: Stowasser, B. F.. Women In The Qur'an, Traditions, And Interpretation. Oxford University Press. 1994. New York. 393–394.
  16. Book: Schleifer, Aliah. Mary The Blessed Virgin Of Islam, op. cit.. 1998. 36.