Edited by Abu Loren - 13 November 2012 at 10:55am

I wonder why there are spaces in the words I highlighted above.  Could it be to obscure those words from the moderators, because you know that they do not permit such abusive language to be used on this forum?

Surah 19:28:

"O sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."

Miriam was the sister of Aaron and Moses.  Mary is the English form of Miriam.  Miriam, Aaron and Moses were the children of Amram (Imran) and Jochebed. 

Surah 3:33-36:

"Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran [Amram in the Bible] over the worlds- Descendants, some of them from others.  And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.  Mention when they wife of Imran said, "My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, concescrated, so accept this from me.  Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.  But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female."  And Allah was most knowing of what she delviered, and the male is not like the female.  "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and her descendants from Satan, the expelled." 

I'll continue with the passage, as to give some context:

So to Ayah 37 onwards:

"So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah.  Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found her with provision.  He said, "O Mary, from where is this to you?"  She said, "It is from Allah.  Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account."  At that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring.  Indeed, You are the hearer of supplications."  So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, "Indeed, Allah gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and honorable, abstaining, and a prophet from among the righteous."  (Ayahs 37-39.) 

The last bit refers to the promise of the conception, birth and career of John the Baptist.  When looking at ayahs 42-47 it is clearly Mary the mother of Jesus who is discussed.  So Mary has a brother called Aaron and a father called Imran.  And her son is Jesus. 

Moses and Aaron are called "Musa ibn Imran and "Harun ibn Imran in the Hadiths, just the same way as Mary is called "Maryam ibnat `Imran" in Sura 66:12.

Moses and Aaron are clearly depicted as brothers in both the Qur'an and the Bible.