The word is now about Imran and his daughter Mary - her birth and some other incidents of her life. According to some Islamic traditions' God had inspired Imran that he would have a son who would become a prophet. He gave the good news of that to his wife whose name was HANNA (ANNE in English and ANNA in Latin). When she became pregnant she expected a male child who would eventually become a prophet. She therefore vowed to dedicate him to the service of the temple: ``My Lord! I have vowed to you, in dedication, what is in my womb, So accept this of me.''