Al Imran
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Al Imran is the third chapter of the Quran with two hundred verses. This chapter is named after the family of Imran, which includes Imran, Saint Anne, Mary, and Jesus.
Sura 3
Double-page with the beginning of the chapter Al Imran. Text page written in gold thuluth script outlined in black, with the chapter heading overlaid in red ink. From the Qur'an commissioned by the future sultan Baibars in 1304. British Library
Saint Anne
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According to Christian tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels. In writing,
Al Imran
…the third chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with two hundred verses (āyāt). This chapter is named after the family of Imran (Joachim), which includes Imran, Saint Anne (wife of Imran), Mary, and Jesus. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the asbāb al-nuzūl or circumstances of revelation, the chapter is…
Greek icon of Saint Anne with the Virgin, by Angelos Akotantos (c. 1420–1450)
Masolino and Masaccio, Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (c. 1424), Uffizi, Florence
Birth of St. Anne, by Adriaen van Overbeke (c. 1521–1525)
Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem, c. 1140