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Al [Imran 3: 35–7

Allah is All-Hearing, All- Knowing (35) (He also heard) when [Imran’s woman8 said: “O Lord! Behold, unto You do I vow that the child in my womb is to be devoted to Your exclusive service. Accept it, then, from me. Surely You alone are All-Hearing, All- Knowing.” (36) But when she gave birth to a female child, she said: “O Lord! I have given birth to a female” – and Allah knew full well what she had given birth to – “and a male is not the same as a female. I have named her Mary and commit her and her offspring to You for protection from Satan, the accursed.” (37) Thereupon her Lord graciously accepted Mary and vouchsafed to her a goodly growth and placed her in the care of Zechariah.

Whenever Zechariah visited her in the sanctuary, he found her provided with food. ▶

8 If “[Imran’s woman” is interpreted as the wife of [Imran, this [Imran must be different from the [Imran just mentioned. He would rather be the father of Mary who was probably called [Imran. If this expression, however, is interpreted to mean “a woman of the house of [Imran,” it would mean that the mother of Mary belonged to that tribe.

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