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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mary and Jesus in Islam Maryam (mary) Daughter of `imran (amram) Allah Almighty has said the following in the Holy Qur'an: Surely Allah favored Adam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham and the descendants of `Imran over the nations: offspring, one from the other, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. `Imran's woman said: Lord!

Surely I vow to dedicate to You what is in my womb, to be devoted (to Your service); accept, therefore, from me; surely You are the Hearing, the Knowing. So when she gave birth to her, she said: Lord! Surely I have given birth to a female__and Allah knew best what she had given birth to__and the male is not like the female; I have named her Maryam, and I commend her and her offspring into Your protection from Satan the accursed.

So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow up a good growth and gave her into the charge of Zakariyya (Zacharias). Whenever Zakariyya entered the sanctuary (to see her), he found with her food. He said: O Maryam! Whence comes this to you? She said: It is from Allah. Surely Allah bestows His grants unto whomsoever He pleases without measure. (3:33-37) Scholars have said that Mary's mother was Hanna daughter of Faqooth, grandmother of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

Ibn `Abbas has said that `Imran (Amram) is the son of Mathan. There is no kinship between him and `Imran father of Moses since one thousand and eight hundred years separate one from the other. (46) The descendants of Mathan were the chiefs of the Children of Israel; they were their rabbis and kings.

Muhammed ibn Ishaq[^1] has said, “He is `Imran son of Sahim son of `Amoor son of Meeshan son of Izekiel son of Aharef son of Baoom son of Izarya son of Amsiy son of Nawoos son of Nootha son of Baridh son of Yehusha Faz son of Radim son of Abiyya son of Rehobom son of Solomon son of David, peace be upon him.” Zakariyya[^2] (Zacharias or Zachary) son of Barkhiya and `Imran son of Mathan were married to sisters.

One of those sisters was the wife of Zakariyya son of Barkhiya, namely Eisha (Elizabeth) daughter of Faqooth, Yahya's mother. The other was the wife of `Imran: Hanna daughter of Faqooth, Maryam's mother. Hanna had almost lost hope of having a son when she became very old. Hers was a family upon whom Allah had bestowed His favors and whom He held in high esteem. While she was sitting under a tree, she saw a mother bird feeding her chicks.