Imran (father of Moses)
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- This article describes the father of Moses, Miriam, and Aaron. For other uses, see Imran (disambiguation).
Imran is the Arabic word for the father of Moses, Miriam, and Harun. The Israeli/Jewish people are referred to as "Al Imran" (The Imrans) in the Qur'an, the third surah which is titled The House of Imran.
[edit] Controversy
"Imran" is also the name attributed by the Qur'an to the father of Mary. This has led to some considering whether the Qur'an considers each Imran as the same person or two different people. The confusion comes because both Miriam, the prophetess and sister of Moses in the Bible, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, have the same translation into Arabic. The Qur'an may consider them the same person and call Imran the father of Mary because Imran is Mary's ancestor, the similiarity of the name of Mary and Miriam might have also indicate more connection, which might imply that Jesus was also directly descended from the Levi tribe, which traditionally have been the priestic tribe.
