Editing Al Imran (section)

{{Short description|3rd chapter of the Quran}}
{{infobox surah
| number         = 3
| name           = Āl ʿImrān
| name-ar        = {{lang|ar|آل عِمْرَانَ}}
| name-en        = The Family of [[Joachim|Imran]]
| prev_sura      = Quran 2
| next_sura      = Quran 4
| classification = Medinan
| othernames-ar  = 
| othernames     = 
| time           = 
| juz            = 3–4
| hizb           = 5, 6 and 7
| rukus          = 20
| verses         = 200
| words          = 3481
| letters        = 14762
| muqattaat      = Alif Lam Meem
| sajdahs        = 
| subject_ayat   = 
| audio          = 
}}
{{Quran}} 
[[File:Double page from the Sultan Baybars Qur'an. The beginning of Sura Al-Imran (BL Add Ms 22406, ff.86v-87r).jpg|thumb|right|Double-page with the beginning of the chapter Al Imran. Text page written in gold [[thuluth]] script outlined in black, with the chapter heading overlayed in red ink. From the Qur'an commissioned by the future sultan [[Baybars II|Baibars]] in 1304. [[British Library]]]]
'''Al Imran''' ({{langx|ar|آل عِمْرَانَ}}, {{transliteration|ar|āl ʿimrān}}; {{small|meaning:}} The Family of Imran<ref name="qtaf|en:ibk">{{Qtaf|en:ibk|3|1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Āl ʿImrān| year= 2012 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam| edition=2nd|publisher=Brill |editor1=P. Bearman|editor2= Th. Bianquis|editor3= C.E. Bosworth|editor4= E. van Donzel|editor5= W.P. Heinrichs| doi= 10.1163/2214-871X_ei1_SIM_0553 }}{{subscription required}}</ref>) is the [[List of chapters in the Quran|third chapter]] ([[sūrah]]) of the [[Quran]] with two hundred verses (''[[āyāt]]'').

This chapter is named after the family of Imran (Joachim), which includes [[Joachim|Imran]], [[Saint Anne#in Islam|Saint Anne]] (wife of Imran), [[Mary in Islam|Mary]], and [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the [[asbāb al-nuzūl]] or circumstances of revelation, the chapter is believed to have been either the second or third of the [[Medinan surah]]s, as it references both the events of the battles of [[Battle of Badr|Badr]] and [[Battle of Uhud|Uhud]]. Almost all of it also belongs to the third [[Hijri year]], though a minority of its verses might have been revealed during the visit of the deputation of the [[Christian community of Najran]] at the [[event of the mubahala]], which occurred around the 10th year of the Hijrah.<ref name="qtaf|en:ibk" />