Al-i-Imran

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آل عمران Āl ʻImrān The Family of Imran
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Classification	Medinan
Other names	The Amramites
Position	Juzʼ 3–4
No. of Rukus	20
No. of verses	200
No. of words	3503
No. of letters	14605
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	Alif Lam Mim

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The Family of Imran or Surat Āl ʻImrān (Arabic: سورة آل عمران‎‎) is the third chapter of the Quran with two hundred verses.

Imran in Islam is regarded as the father of Maryam. This chapter is named after the family Imran, which includes Imran (Joachim), Saint Anne, Mary, and Isa (Jesus). The chapter is believed to have been revealed in Medina and is either the second or third Medinan surah as it engages both the Battle of Badr in its first section and the battle of Uhud at its end. Almost all of it also belongs to the third year of the Hijra with the possible exception of verse 61, which mentions the event of Mubahala and therefore might have been revealed during the visit of the Najrān Christian deputation which occurred in the 10th year of the Hijrah. This chapter primarily focuses on the departure of prophethood from the Mosaic dispensation.

Another speculation is that since the event of Mubahala is the highlight of this surah, Āl ʻImrān refers to the ancestry of Mary who is named by her mother, it could also refer to the progeny of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, whose name has been reported as Imran by Shi'i commentators. Either way the Quran juxtaposes the male lineage of the family of Ibrahim (Abraham) and the distinctly feminine lineage of Jesus and the family of Imran as a challenge to the Jews and Christians of Medina.

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