Chapter III
Samuel Beal translation
Entitled, the Family of Imran46—Revealed at Medina
In the Name of the Most Merciful God.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Footnote 46: (return) This name is given in the Koran to the father of the Virgin Mary.Note 2 · Footnote 47: (return) The word Koran, derived from the verb Karaa, i.e., to read, signifies in Arabic "the reading," or rather "that which iNote 3 · Footnote 48: (return) The miracle, it is said, consisted in three things: (1.) Mohammed, by the direction of the angel Gabriel, took a handfNote 4 · Footnote 49: (return) The proper name of the Mohammedan religion, which signifies the resigning or devoting one's self entirely to God and hNote 5 · Footnote 50: (return) The Mohammedans have a tradition that the first banner of the infidels that shall be set up, on the day of judgment, wNote 6 · Footnote 51: (return) This phrase signifies a man in full age, that is, between thirty and thirty-four.Note 7 · Footnote 52: (return) Such as the eating of fish that have neither fins nor scales, the caul and fat of animals, and camel's flesh, and to wNote 8 · Footnote 53: (return) In Arabic, al Hawâriyûn: which word they derive from Hâra, "to be white," and suppose the apostles were so-called eithNote 9 · Footnote 54: (return) Some Mohammedans say this was done by the ministry of Gabriel; but others that a strong whirlwind took him up from MouNote 10 · Footnote 55: (return) A gold coin worth about $2.50.Note 11 · Footnote 56: (return) Becca is another name of Mecca. Al Beidâwi observes that the Arabs used the "M" and "B" promiscuously in several wordsNote 12 · Footnote 57: (return) It is related of Hasan the son of Ali that a slave having once thrown a dish on him boiling hot, as he sat at table, aNote 13 · Footnote 58: (return) According to a tradition of Mohammed, whoever cheateth another will on the day of judgment carry his fraudulent purchaNote 14 · Footnote 59: (return) Some copies, instead of min anfosihim, i.e., of themselves, read min anfasihim, i.e., of the noblest among them; for sNote 15 · Footnote 60: (return) Mohammed is said to have declared, that whoever pays not his legal contribution of alms duly shall have a serpent twisNote 16 · Footnote 61: (return) That is, dearly shall they pay hereafter for taking bribes to stifle the truth. "Whoever concealeth the knowledge whicNote 17 · Footnote 62: (return) Namely, Mohammed, with the Koran.Note 18 · A.L.M.47 There is no God but God, the living, self-subsisting: He hath sent down unto thee the book of the Koran with truth, confirming that