Surah Al Imran ayat 33 Tafsir Quran 3:33

﴿۞ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ﴾
[ آل عمران: 33]

3:33 Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran over the worlds -

Lo! God preferred He has chosen Adam and Noah and the House of Abraham and the House of ‘Imrān meaning He preferred their selves sc. Abraham and ‘Imrān above the worlds by making prophethood reside in them and their progeny

Allah has taken by preference Adam and Nuh (Noah), the family of Ibrahim and the family of ‘Imran out of all people and conferred on them the prerogative of Prophethood

The Chosen Ones Among the People of the Earth Allah states that He has chosen these households over the people of the earth.
For instance, Allah chose Adam, created him with His Hand and blew life into him.
Allah commanded the angels to prostrate before Adam, taught him the names of everything and allowed him to dwell in Paradise, but then sent him down from it out of His wisdom.
Allah chose Nuh and made him the first Messenger to the people of the earth, when the people worshipped idols and associated others with Allah in worship.
Allah avenged the way Nuh was treated, for he kept calling his people day and night, in public and in secret, for a very long time.
However, his calling them only made them shun him more, and this is when Nuh supplicated against them.
So Allah caused them to drown, and none among them was saved, except those who followed the religion that Allah sent to Nuh.
Allah also chose the household of Ibrahim, including the master of all mankind, and the Final Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Allah also chose the household of `Imran, the father of Marym bint `Imran, the mother of `Isa, peace be upon them.
So `Isa is from the offspring of Ibrahim, as we will mention in the Tafsir of Surat Al-An`am, Allah willing, and our trust is in Him.

(3:33) Truly Allah *29 chose Adam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham and of 'Imran *30 above all mankind.

Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and meaning

*29).
This marks the beginning of the second discourse.
The period of its revelation is about 9 A.H., when a delegation from the Christian republic of Najran visited the Prophet.
Najran lies between the Hijaz and Yaman, and comprised, at that time, seventy-three towns and villages.
Its population can be gauged from the fact that an estimated one hundred and twenty thousand men could bear arms.
The entire population was Christian and was under the hegemony of three Christian chiefs.
The first of these, 'aqib, was the head of the community.
The second, sayyid, looked after the collective and political affairs of the people.
The third, usquf ( bishop ), was their religious leader.
( See Ibn Hisham, vol.
1, p.
573; Ibn Ishaq, Life of Muhammad, tr.
A.
Guillaume, pp.
270 f.
- Ed. )
When the Prophet annexed Makka, the whole of Arabia became convinced that the future of the area was bound up with him, and deputations from all parts of the peninsula began to visit him.
In this connection the three chiefs of Najran came to Madina accompanied by sixty people.
As they were not prepared to go to war, the alternatives before them were either to embrace Islam or to live as dhimmis ( protected non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state ).
It was on this occasion that God revealed this discourse; it served as an invitation to the people of Najran to accept Islam.

*30).
'Imran was the father of Moses and Aaron, and has been mentioned in the Bible as Amram.

 

The Chosen Ones Among the People of the Earth Allah states that He has chosen these households over the people of the earth.
For instance, Allah chose Adam, created him with His Hand and blew life into him.
Allah commanded the angels to prostrate before Adam, taught him the names of everything and allowed him to dwell in Paradise, but then sent him down from it out of His wisdom.
Allah chose Nuh and made him the first Messenger to the people of the earth, when the people worshipped idols and associated others with Allah in worship.
Allah avenged the way Nuh was treated, for he kept calling his people day and night, in public and in secret, for a very long time.
However, his calling them only made them shun him more, and this is when Nuh supplicated against them.
So Allah caused them to drown, and none among them was saved, except those who followed the religion that Allah sent to Nuh.
Allah also chose the household of Ibrahim, including the master of all mankind, and the Final Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Allah also chose the household of `Imran, the father of Marym bint `Imran, the mother of `Isa, peace be upon them.
So `Isa is from the offspring of Ibrahim, as we will mention in the Tafsir of Surat Al-An`am, Allah willing, and our trust is in Him.

When the Jews heard this, they said: we follow the religion of Adam: we are Muslims, and so Allah revealed the following: ( Lo! Allah preferred Adam ) with Islam ( and Noah ) with Islam ( and the Family of Abraham ) the children of Abraham with Islam ( and the Family of ’Imran ) Moses and Aaron with Islam ( above (all His ) creatures) above all the people of their times. It is also said that Amran is not the father of Moses and Aaron.

Allah chose Adam, Nuh (Noah), the family of Ibrahim (Abraham) and the family of 'Imran above the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns) (of their times).

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