6. Ayat e Mubahilah: Fatima Zahra (s.a.) as “Our Women” – Surah Aale Imran (3:61)

فَمَنْ حَاجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا نَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَنِسَاءَنَا وَنِسَاءَكُمْ وَأَنْفُسَنَا وَأَنْفُسَكُمْ ثُمَّ نَبْتَهِلْ فَنَجْعَلْ لَعْنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ 

“But whoever disputes with you in this matter after what has come to you of knowledge, then say: Come let us call our sons and your sons and our women and your women and our near people and your near people, then let us be earnest in prayer, and pray for the curse of Allah on the liars”.

When the above verse was revealed at the time of debate between Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and the Christian delegation from Najraan, Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) took Imam Ali (a.s.), Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.), Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) with him and said – O Allah, these are my Ahle Bait (a.s.).¹

Footnotes

1. Tafsir Noor al-Saqlain – Vol. 1, Page 348 ↩