Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Aal-i-Imraan, Ayah 33
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Lo! God preferred He has chosen Adam and Noah and the House of Abraham and the House of ‘Imrān meaning He preferred their selves sc. Abraham and ‘Imrān above the worlds by making prophethood reside in them and their progeny
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
When the Jews heard this, they said: �we follow the religion of Adam: we are Muslims�, and so Allah revealed the following: (Lo! Allah preferred Adam) with Islam (and Noah) with Islam (and the Family of Abraham) the children of Abraham with Islam (and the Family of 'Imran) Moses and Aaron with Islam (above (all His) creatures) above all the people of their times. It is also said that Amran is not the father of Moses and Aaron.