وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرَانَ الَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِنَا وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهِ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ (12)
(66:12) Allah has also set forth the parable of Mary, the daughter of Imran, *26 who guarded her chastity, *27 and into whom We breathed of Our Spirit, *28 and who testified to the words of her Lord and His Books. She was among the obedient. *29
*26) It may be that the name of Mary's father was 'Imran, or she may have been called "daughter of 'Imran" because she belonged to the family of 'Imran.
*27) This is a refutation of the accusation by the Jews that the birth of ,lesus was, God forbid, the result of a sin of his mother. Their same accusation has been called a monstrous calumny" in An-Nisa`: 156. (For explanation, see E.N. 190 of An-Niasa').
*28) That is, without her having any connection with a man, AIIah breathed into her womb a Spirit from Himself. (For explanation, see E.N.'s 212, 213 of An-Nisa' and E.N. 89 of Al-Anbiya').
*29) For the explanation of the object for which these three kinds of women have been cited as an example, see the Introduction to the Surah.