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Throughout history Muslims have formed two main arguments to refute claims by critics, that Muhammad (or whoever wrote the Qur'an) mixed up two Mary's by copying the wrong genealogy from the circling Christian and Jewish teachings during the Islamic prophet's time. | Throughout history Muslims have formed two main arguments to refute claims by critics, that Muhammad (or whoever wrote the Qur'an) mixed up two Mary's by copying the wrong genealogy from the circling Christian and Jewish teachings during the Islamic prophet's time. | ||
=== | ==="The Qur'anic text in reality refers to Imran as the ancestor of Mary, mother of Jesus"=== | ||
Here the Muslim apologists claim that Mary is the ancestor of Imran, and more specific, his son Aaron. | Here the Muslim apologists claim that Mary is the ancestor of Imran, and more specific, his son Aaron. | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|3|45}}|(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|3|45}}|(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah).}} | ||
=== | ==="Imran is really Joachim"=== | ||
Some Muslim scholars have tried to refute the controversy surrounding Imran by arguing that he is in fact the Catholic Joachim, who is the father of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to non-Biblical Catholic and Orthodox Christian teachings. In fact, these two denominations of Christianity call this father of Mary 'Saint Joachim'. | Some Muslim scholars have tried to refute the controversy surrounding Imran by arguing that he is in fact the Catholic Joachim, who is the father of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to non-Biblical Catholic and Orthodox Christian teachings. In fact, these two denominations of Christianity call this father of Mary 'Saint Joachim'. | ||
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However the above mentioned verse in the {{Quran|19|28}} states clearly that she is the sister of Haroun (Aaron), again placing her 1400 years prior to her actual life. | However the above mentioned verse in the {{Quran|19|28}} states clearly that she is the sister of Haroun (Aaron), again placing her 1400 years prior to her actual life. | ||
=== | ==="Sister of Aaron really means descendant of Aaron"=== | ||
Ibn Kathir (a 14th century scholar, generally considered the best scholar of all time by Sunni's) gave the following explanation in his tafsir: | Ibn Kathir (a 14th century scholar, generally considered the best scholar of all time by Sunni's) gave the following explanation in his tafsir: | ||