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==Sources==
==Sources==
Mary, the mother of Jesus is called sister of Aaron in sura 19:
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|19|27|34}}|Then '''she brought him to her own folk,''' carrying him. '''They said: O Mary!''' Thou hast come with an amazing thing.
'''O sister of Aaron!''' Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
'''Then she pointed to him.''' They said: How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?
'''He spake: Lo! I am the slave of Allah.''' He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,
And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,
And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.
Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!
'''Such was Jesus, son of Mary:''' (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.
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The Qur'an says that the wife of Imran gave birth to the virgin Mary who gave birth to Jesus.
The Qur'an says that the wife of Imran gave birth to the virgin Mary who gave birth to Jesus.
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'''She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me?''' He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
'''She said: My Lord! How can I have a child when no mortal hath touched me?''' He said: So (it will be). Allah createth what He will. If He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, is also called "daughter of Imran" in sura 66:
{{Quote|{{Quran|66|12}}|And '''Mary, daughter of 'Imran, whose body was chaste, therefor We breathed therein something of Our Spirit.''' And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient.
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