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The Qur'an literally says "sister (أُخْتَ) of Aaron" and people understood the verse to literally mean "sister of Aaron". Only when Muhammad came to know that it was wrong, the meaning changed into "a descendant of Aaron". In the Christian sources she is said to be from the family of David, so why is the Qur'an saying she is from the family of Aaron? | The Qur'an literally says "sister (أُخْتَ) of Aaron" and people understood the verse to literally mean "sister of Aaron". Only when Muhammad came to know that it was wrong, the meaning changed into "a descendant of Aaron". In the Christian sources she is said to be from the family of David, so why is the Qur'an saying she is from the family of Aaron? | ||
If she was known to be from the tribe of Aaron, then why the Arab Christians from Muhammad's time didn't know about it? | If she was known to be from the tribe of Aaron, then why the Arab Christians (and Aisha and Mughira b. Shu'ba) from Muhammad's time didn't know about it? | ||
It also doesn't explain why in the 3rd sura she is literally described as the daughter of | It also doesn't explain why in the 3rd sura she is literally described as the daughter of Amram. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||