Mary in Islam: Difference between revisions

The Quran calls Mary "the daughter of '[[Joachim#In Islam|Imran]]".<ref>{{cite quran|66|12|s=ns}}</ref> Sometimes confused with [[Amram]], the father of [[Moses]], Imran in Islamic tradition is also another name for [[Joachim#In Islam|Joachim]] the husband of [[Saint Anne#In Islam|Hannah]], the sister of [[Elizabeth (biblical figure)|Elizabeth]], the wife of [[Zechariah (priest)|Zacharias]], the father of [[John the Baptist]].<ref name=miniature>''[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eslam.de%2Fbegriffe%2Fm%2Fmaria.htm Enzyklopadie des Islam]'' English translation of German article about "Maria" at eslam.de</ref><ref name="Wheeler">{{cite book |last=Wheeler |first=Brannon M. |title=Prophets in the Quran: an introduction to the Quran and Muslim exegesis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qIDZIep-GIQC&pg=PA297#v=onepage&q=Hannah%20%22The%20wife%20of%20Imran%22&f=false |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2002 |isbn=0-8264-4957-3 |pages=297–302}}</ref><ref name="DaCosta">{{cite book |last=Da Costa |first=Yusuf |title=The Honor of Women in Islam |publisher=LegitMaddie101 |year=2002 |isbn=1-930409-06-0}}</ref> In the Quran, Hannah prayed for a child and eventually conceived; but her husband Imran, died before the child was born. Expecting the child to be male, Hannah vowed to dedicate him to isolation and service in the [[second Temple|Temple]].<ref>{{cite quran|3|35|s=ns}}</ref> However, Hannah bore a daughter instead, and named her Mary.<ref name="Wheeler"/><ref name="DaCosta"/><ref>{{cite quran|3|36|s=ns}}</ref>