58-65 Muhammad’s dispute with the Christians of Najran.

42-57 Christ announced to the Virgin - his miracles, apostles etc.

35-38 The Virgin Mary - her conception - nurtured by Zacharias.

21-25 The punishment of unbelievers eternal.

14-18 The faithful, their character and reward.

13 The victory at the Battle of Badr alluded to.

10-12 The punishment of Pharaoh a warning to infidels.

8-9 The prayer of those versed in Quranic mystery.

7 Plain and obscure verses of the Quran.

Almost all of it also belongs to the third year of the Hijra, though a minority of its verses might have been revealed during the visit of the Najrān Christian deputation at the Mubahala, which occurred around the 10th year of the Hijrah.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl), the chapter is believed to have been either the second or third of the Medinan surahs, as it references both the events of Badr and the Uhud. This chapter is named after the family of Imran, which includes Imran, Saint Anne (wife of Imran), Mary, and Jesus. Imran in Islam is regarded as the father of Mary.

British LibraryĪl Imran ( Arabic: آل عمران, āl ʿimrān meaning: The Family of Imran) is the third chapter ( sūrah) of the Quran with two hundred verses ( āyāt). From the Qur'an commissioned by the future sultan Baibars in 1304.

Text page written in gold thuluth script outlined in black, with the chapter heading overlayed in red ink. Double-page with the beginning of the chapter Al-Imran.

Surat ali imran ayat 159