{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_003_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_003_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_003_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pick/003.htm","summary":"This is an excerpt from M.M. Pickthall's English translation of the Qur'an, specifically Surah 3 (Al-Imran, \"The Family of Imran\"), rendered in an elevated, archaic prose style characteristic of early 20th-century sacred text translations. The surah opens with affirmations of Allah's sovereignty, omniscience, and the authenticity of the Qur'an as the continuation of prior scriptures (Torah and Gospel), while warning of consequences for disbelief. A substantial portion narrates the story of Mary's birth and consecration, the miraculous provision she received, Zachariah's prayer for a son (John), and the annunciation of Jesus \u2014 portrayed as a prophet and messenger who performed miracles by Allah's leave but is explicitly not divine, with his creation likened to Adam's to refute claims of his special ontological status. The surah makes pointed theological arguments against Christian and Jewish interlocutors, calling \"People of the Scripture\" to common ground in pure monotheism while criticizing those who selectively invoke scripture or hold false assurances about divine judgment. A distinctively Islamic perspective runs throughout: Jesus is honored as a genuine prophet whose followers surrendered to God, but the text firmly rejects trinitarian theology and insists that true religion has always been Islam (surrender to God's will), with prior scriptures confirming rather than superseding this truth.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'\u00e2n,: 3. Al-Imran: T...","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":7249}