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Angelos
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Dear planten,But you have not given any clear example about what is your problem with Quran. I had explained to you the meaning of Imran and the birth of Mary. Now I am telling you about why Mary was called the sister of Aaron.(ch 19 verse 28).
Mary was assigned to service of the temple. That was exactly the duty of Aaron and his offsrings, the Levites. It is for that reason that Quran is calling (or the Jewish men are calling) Mary the sister of Aaron.
please consider my following arguments:
1) Mary is called “sister of Aaron” in Surah 19 ( Mecca period), but Mary’s dedication to the Temple in her childhood is recounted in Surah 3 (Medina period), which by no means associates Mary with Aaron.
**2)**Neither Surah 19 nor Surah 3 states that Mary was a descendant of Aaron or Levites. More, the Koran never associates people serving in the Temple with Aaron or the Levites. Accordingly, Zecchariah, who is said to be a priest serving in the Temple, is never called “brother of Aaron” in any chapter of the Koran.
3) Even if your assumption were true, Jewish people would have called Mary “daughter of Aaron” rather than “sister of Aaron” because Aaron would only be Mary’s father (ancestor) in a figurative sense, not brother.
4) Surah 3 clearly defines Imran as Mary’s biological father (the woman giving birth to Mary is called Imran’s wife). Mary’s identification as the sister of Aaron in chapter 19 is consistent with this misunderstanding. In Surah 19 Mary’s father is not named solely because Aaron’s name allows the reader to infer that Mary’s biological father is Imran. Thus, Aaron stands for his biological father Imran in that context.