6,633
edits
Mary, Sister of Aaron: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
| [checked revision] | [checked revision] |
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{QualityScore|Lead=3|Structure=4|Content=4|Language=3|References=4}} | |||
'''Mary (Miriam) the sister of Aaron''' (and of Moses), is mentioned in the [[Quran]] in passing in reference to Mariam [[Mary]] (Mariam) the mother of [[Jesus]].<ref>{{Quran-range|19|27|34}}</ref> Many [[Critics of Islam|critics]] of the Quran as far back as [[Muhammad ibn Abdullah|Muhammad]]'s time regard this as a simple but revealing error.<ref name=":0">Mughira b. Shu'ba reported: | '''Mary (Miriam) the sister of Aaron''' (and of Moses), is mentioned in the [[Quran]] in passing in reference to Mariam [[Mary]] (Mariam) the mother of [[Jesus]].<ref>{{Quran-range|19|27|34}}</ref> Many [[Critics of Islam|critics]] of the Quran as far back as [[Muhammad ibn Abdullah|Muhammad]]'s time regard this as a simple but revealing error.<ref name=":0">Mughira b. Shu'ba reported: | ||
When I came to Najran, they (the Christians of Najran) asked me: You read "O sister of Harun" (i. e. Hadrat Maryam) in the Qur'an, whereas Moses was born much before Jesus. When I came back to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I asked him about that, whereupon he said: The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them. | When I came to Najran, they (the Christians of Najran) asked me: You read "O sister of Harun" (i. e. Hadrat Maryam) in the Qur'an, whereas Moses was born much before Jesus. When I came back to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I asked him about that, whereupon he said: The (people of the old age) used to give names (to their persons) after the names of Apostles and pious persons who had gone before them. | ||