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سورة آل عِمرَان

Surah Al-i-‘Imrân 3:34

Family of Amran · Verse 34 of 200

ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(They are) a lineage co-related with one another. Allâh is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Offspring, one of the other: And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.

Ahmed Ali

They were descendants of one another; and God hears all and knows everything.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

As descendants of one another, (and they were following the same way. Therefore, do not, in respect of believing in them as Prophets, make any distinction between the Prophets and do not think or speak ill of God’s preference). God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Daryabadi

Progeny, one of the other, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

Faridul Haque

They are the descendants one of another; and Allah is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Offspring, one of the other. And Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

Maulvi Sher Ali

They were descendants of one another and ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Muhammad Asad

in one line of descent. And God was all-hearing, all-knowing

Muhammad Musin Khan

Offspring, one of the other, and Allah is the All-Hearer, All-Knower.

Muhammad Pickthall

They were descendants one of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower.

Muhammad Sarwar

They were the offspring of one another. God is All-hearing and All-seeing.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

Rashad Khalifa

They belong in the same progeny. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.

Shabbir Ahmed

In one lineage. God is the Hearer, Knower of all things and events.

Commentary 3:34 This is an allusion to the fact that all Prophets were spiritually linked with one another: they all came with the same fundamental Truth. The verse forms…

ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهَا مِن بَعْضٍ ۗ

3:34 This is an allusion to the fact that all Prophets were spiritually linked with one another: they all came with the same fundamental Truth. The verse forms a logical sequence to verses 31 and 32. The word “Adam” has a broad meaning (cf. 2:31). In the following verses some historical aspects from the life of Jesus are given (cf. 19:16-34). As a prelude, the birth of Mary and the parallel story of John the Baptist (Yahya, the son of Zachariah) are mentioned (cf. 19:2-15). John’s (Yahya’s) mother Elizabeth was a cousin of Mary. Mary’s mother was Hanna (Anna or Anne). Imrân was the father of Moses and Aaron, the progenitors of the family from which Jacob, David, Solomon, Mary, and Elizabeth originated (66:12; 20:38; 28:7). Mary is called in 19:28 the sister of Aaron and in verse 66:12 daughter of Imrân.