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سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ · 3:61
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فَمَنْ حَآجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ نَدْعُ أَبْنَآءَنَا وَأَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَنِسَآءَنَا وَنِسَآءَكُمْ وَأَنفُسَنَا وَأَنفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَل لَّعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars [among us]."

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Introduction

This is āyah 61 of Sūrat Aal-i-Imraan (Family of Imran), the 89th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 3. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
89 of 114
Surah
Aal-i-Imraan (3)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(� say (unto him): Come! We will summon our sons and your sons�) [3:61]. Abu Sa�d informed us> �Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Zimjari> Ahmad ibn Ja�far ibn Malik> �Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal> his father> Husayn> Hammad ibn Salamah> Yunus> al-Hasan who said: �The two monks of Najran came to see the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, and he invited them to surrender to Allah. One of them said: �We have surrendered to Allah before you�. He said: �You lie! Three things prevent you from surrendering to Allah: your prostration before the cross, your claim that Allah has a son and your consumption of wine�. They said: �What do you say about Jesus?� The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, did not answer. But then this verse was revealed (This (which) We recite unto thee is a revelation and a wise reminder� Lo! the likeness of Jesus with Allah is as the likeness of Adam) up to Allah�s saying (� say (unto him): Come! We will summon our sons and your sons�). Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, challenged them to summon Allah�s curse upon the one who is lying amongst them (Mula�anah). The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, went and brought al-Hasan, al-Husayn, Fatimah and all his family and children, peace be upon them. When the two Christians left, one of them said to the other: �Consent to pay the Jizyah and do not agree to summon Allah�s curse on the liar�. They went back and said: �We agree to pay the Jizyah and abstain from summoning Allah�s curse on the liar� �. �Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hasan al-Hafiz informed us among that which he gave us permission to narrate from him> Abu Hafs �Umar ibn Ahmad al-Wa�iz> �Abd Allah ibn Sulayman ibn al-Ash�ath> Yahya ibn Hatim al-�Askari> Bishr ibn Mihran> Muhammad ibn Dinar> Dawud ibn Abi Hind> al-Sha�bi> Jabir ibn �Abd Allah who said: �The delegation of the people of Najran came to see the prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace. The deputy chief and the master spoke with the Prophet and he invited them to surrender to Allah. They said: �We have surrendered to Him before you�. He said: �You lie! And if you wish I will inform you about that which prevents you from surrendering to Allah�.

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Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Verily, the likeness of 'Isa before Allah is the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then said to him: "Be!" and he was (59)(This is) the truth from your Lord, so be not of those who doubt (60)Then whoever disputes with you concerning him after the knowledge that has come to you, say: "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then we pray and we invoke Allah's curse upon the liars. (61)Verily, this is the true narrative, and there is no god except Allah. And indeed, Allah is the Almighty, the All-Wise (62)And if they turn away, then surely, Allah is All-Aware of those who do mischief (63) The Similarities Between the Creation of Adam and the Creation of 'Isa Allah said, إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ اللَّهِ (Verily, the likeness of 'Isa before Allah) regarding Allah's ability, since He created him without a father, كَمَثَلِ آ…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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