Re: QUESTIONS TO A SHIA
The Quran specifically refers to the Prophet's Wives as Ahlul Bayt in the Quran. In fact, the Quran ONLY mentions Ahlul Bayt twice and BOTH times it refers to the WIVES:.
"O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any other of the women; If you will be on your guard, then be not soft in your speech, lest he in whose heart is a disease yearn; and speak a good word. And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger. And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, you People of the House,and to make you pure and spotless."
(Quran, 33:32-33)
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The transliteration reads: Ya nisa al-nabiyi **lastuna kahadin mina alnisa-i ini itaqaytuna fala takhdaAAna bialqawli fayatmaAAa allathee fee qalbihi maradun waqulna qawlan maAAroofan Waqarna fee buyootikunna wala tabarrajna tabarruja aljahiliyyati al-oola waaqimna alssalata waateena alzzakata waatiAAna Allaha warasoolahu innama yureedu Allahu liyuthhiba AAankumu alrrijsa **Ahlul Bayt-i wayutahhirakum tatheeran
(Quran, 33:32-33)
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The second time the Quran mentions Ahlul Bayt is in reference to the wife of Prophet Ibrahim:
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"She said: O wonder! shall I bear a son when I am an extremely old woman and this my husband an extremely old man? Most surely this is a wonderful thing. They said: "Do you wonder at Allah's decree? The grace of Allah and His blessings on you, o you People of the House! for He is indeed worthy of all praise, full of all glory!"
(Quran, 11:72-73)
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The transliteration reads: Qālat Yā Waylatā 'A'alidu Wa 'Anā Ajūzun Wa Hadhā Balī Shaykhāan 'Inna Hādhā Lashay'un Ajībun. Qālū 'Atajabīna Min 'Amri Allāhi Raĥmatu Allāhi Wa Barakātuhu `Alaykum [size=6]'Ahlul-Bayt-i 'Innahu Ĥamīdun Majīdun ./size
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So it was that Allah Almighty, in His Infinite Wisdom, chose to bestow the honor of mentioning the Prophet's Wives (i.e. Ahlul Bayt) in the Glorious Quran, and He further blessed them saying that He wanted to make them Pure and Spotless.