أمهات المؤمنين
According to the "Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought", the Quran uses the phrase "ahl al-bayt" twice as a term of respect for wives: the first use refers to Muhammad's wives; the second refers to Sara, Abraham's wife. According to some interpretations, the Quran also implicitly refers to "ahl al-bayt" in , with the term "al-qurbā".