Mary in Islam, known as Maryam bint Imran, is a highly revered figure in the Islamic tradition. Identified in the Quran as the most righteous woman to have lived, she is the only woman mentioned by name in the holy text. Her narrative appears across several Meccan and Medinan surahs, including the nineteenth surah, which bears her name. According to Islamic belief, she was chosen by God to be the mother of the prophet Isa, having miraculously conceived through the intervention of the divine spirit while remaining a virgin.