Al Imran

Sura 3 of the Quran
آل عِمْرَانَ‎ ; Āl ʿImrān; The Family of Imran
Arabic text; English translation;
Classification	Medinan
Position	Juzʼ 3–4
No. of Rukus	20
No. of verses	200
No. of words	3503
No. of letters	15336
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	Alif Lam Meem

Al Imran (Arabic: آل عِمْرَانَ, āl ʿimrān; meaning: The Family of Imran) is 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 believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), the chapter is believed to have been either the second or third of the Medinan surahs, as it references both the events of the battles of Badr and Uhud. Almost all of it also belongs to the third Hijri year, though a minority of its verses might have been revealed during the visit of the Najrān Christian deputation at the event of the mubahala, which occurred around the 10th year of the Hijrah.

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