Koran
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Covenant through Abraham
When his Lord put Abraham to the proof by enjoining on him certain
commandments and Abraham fulfilled them, He said: “I have appointed you a leader of mankind.”
“And what of my descendants?” asked Abraham.
Allah said, “My covenant does not apply to the
evil-doers,”
We made the House a resort and a sanctuary for mankind,
saying: “Make the place where Abraham
stood a house of worship.”
We enjoined Abraham and Ishmael to cleanse
Our House for those who walk round it, who meditate in it, and who kneel and
prostrate themselves.
Abraham said: “Lord, make this a secure land and bestow
plenty upon its people, those of them that believe in Allah and the Last
Day.”
Allah answered:
“As for those that do not, I shall let them live a while, and then
shall drag them to the scourge of the Fire, an evil fate.”
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Covenant with Abram
On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river
of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates-- the Kenites,
the Kenezzites, and the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the
Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites."
Covenant with Abraham through Isaac
Genesis 17:18-22
NKJV
And Abraham said to (Elohiym) God, "Oh, that Ishmael
might live before You!" Then (Elohiym) God said: "No, Sarah
your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I
will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his
descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I
have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great
nation. But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall
bear to you at this set time next year."
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Mosque built by Abraham and Ishmael
Abraham and Ishmael built the House and dedicated it
saying: “Accept this from us,
Lord. You are the One that hears all
and knows all. Lord, make us
submissive to You, make of our descendants a community that will submit to
You. Teach us our rites of worship
and turn to us with mercy. You are
the Forgiving One the Merciful. Lord,
send forth to them an apostle of their own who shall declare to them Your
revelations, and shall instruct them in the Book (Koran) and in wisdom, and
shall purify them of sin. You are the
Mighty, the Wise One.”
Who but a foolish man would renounce the faith of
Abraham? We chose him in this world,
and in the world to come he shall abide among the righteous. When his Lord said to him: “Submit,” he answered: “I have submitted to the Lord of
Creation.”
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:127-131
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House of God
Gen
28:16-19 NKJV
Then
Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place,
and I did not know it." And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven!"
Then
Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head,
set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. And he called the name of
that place Bethel
(House of God); but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
No previous House of God before Solomon
But it happened that night that the word of God
came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the
LORD: "You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. For I have not dwelt in a house since
the time that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent
to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. Wherever I have moved about
with all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel,
whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a
house of cedar?'
"Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant
David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I took you from the sheepfold,
from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you have
gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a
name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and
will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no
more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously,
since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I
will subdue all your enemies.
Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you a
house. And it shall be, when your
days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set
up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his
kingdom.
He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his
throne forever. I will be his Father,
and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took
it from him who was before you. And I
will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne
shall be established forever." ' "
According to all these words and according to all this
vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:135
They say:
"Accept the Jewish or the Christian faith and you shall be
rightly guided."
Say "By no means! We believe in the faith of Abraham the upright one. He was no idolater."
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Faith of Abraham imputed as righteousness
Gen 15:5-6 NKJV
And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him
for righteousness.
Rom 4:3 NKJV
For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed
God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
Rom 4:13 NKJV
For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was
not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith.
Gal 3:6-7 NKJV
Just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted
to him for righteousness."
Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.
James 2:23 NKJV
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham
believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was
called the friend of God.
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Covenant with Muslims
We made a covenant with you, as We did with the
other prophets; with Noah and Abraham, with Moses and Jesus
son of Mary. A solemn covenant We
made with them, so that He might question the truthful about their
truthfulness. But for the unbelievers
He has prepared a woeful punishment.
Al-Ahzab The
Confederate Tribes 33:7-8
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Scriptures recognized
We believe in Allah and that which has been revealed to
us; in what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob,
and the tribes; to Moses and Jesus and the other prophets
by their Lord. We make no
distinction among any of them, and to Him we submit.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:136
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Scriptures taken in error
Matthew
22:29 NKJV
29
Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures nor the power of God.
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Scriptures and Gospel
We have sent Our apostles with veritable signs, and
through them have brought down scriptures and the scales of justice,
so that men might conduct themselves with fairness. We have sent down iron, with its mighty strength and diverse
uses for mankind, so that Allah may recognize those who aid Him, though
unseen, and help His apostles.
Powerful is Allah, and mighty.
We sent forth Noah and Abraham, and bestowed
on their offspring prophethood and the Scriptures. Some were rightly guided, but many were
evil doers. After them We sent other
apostles, and after those Jesus son of Mary. We gave him the Gospel, and put compassion and mercy in
the hearts of his followers. As for
monasticism, they instituted it themselves (for We had not enjoined it on
them) seeking thereby to please
Allah; but they did not observe it faithfully. We rewarded only those who were true believers; for many of them were evil doers.
Al-Hadid
Iron 57:25-27
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Face Mecca
Many a time have We seen you turn your face towards the
sky. We will make you turn towards a
Qiblah that will please you. Turn your
face towards (Mecca) the Holy Mosque;
wherever you be, turn your faces towards it.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:144
Which ever way you depart, face toward the Holy Mosque
(Mecca). This is surely the truth
from your Lord. Allah is never
heedless of what you do. Whichever
way you depart, face towards the Holy Mosque: and wherever you are, face towards it, so that men will have no
cause to reproach you, except the evildoers among them. Have no fear of them; fear Me, so that I may perfect My favor to
you and that you may be rightly guided.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:149-150
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Solomon's prayer suggested that wherever one travels
when they pray they should pray toward the Temple in Jerusalem.
1 Kings 8:22-53, 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
There is no commandment from God in the Bible to face
in any direction when praying.
However Daniel faced Jerusalem when he prayed.
And during the Kingdom age Zechariah said:
Yes, many peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the LORD.'
Zecharias 8:22
NKJV
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Abraham and his father
Tell of Abraham, who said to Azar, his father: "Will you worship idols as your
gods?" Surely you and all your
people are in palpable error."
Al-An’am Cattle
6:74
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Abraham and his father
This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram,
Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.
And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of
the Chaldeans.
Genesis 11:27-28
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Abraham’s piety
Abraham was a paragon of piety, an upright man obedient to
Allah. He was no idolater. He rendered thanks for His favors, so that
He chose him and guided him to a straight path. We bestowed on him a blessing in this world, and in the world
to come he shall dwell among the righteous.
And now We have revealed to you Our will, saying: “Follow the faith of saintly Abraham: he was no idolater.”
Abraham enjoined faith on his children
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Abraham’s piety
16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom,
and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. 17 And the LORD said,
"Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall
surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he may
command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way
of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring
to Abraham what He has spoken to him." 20 And the LORD said,
"Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because
their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done
altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if
not, I will know."
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Abraham’s conversion
Abraham, his father, Isaac and Jacob
You shall also recount in the Book the story of
Abraham: He was a saintly man and a
prophet. He said to his father: “Why do you serve a worthless idol, a
thing that can neither hear nor see?”
“Father, things you know nothing of have come to my
knowledge: therefore follow me, that
I may guide you along an even path.”
“Father, do not worship Satan; for Satan has rebelled against
the Lord of Mercy.”
“Father, I fear that a scourge will fall upon you from the
Merciful, and you will become one of Satan’s minions.”
He replied: “Do
you dare renounce my gods, Abraham?
Desist, or I will stone you.
Leave my house this instant!”
“Peace be with you,”
said Abraham. “I shall implore
my Lord to forgive you: for to me He
has ever been gracious. But I will
not live with you or with your idols.
I will pray to my Lord, and may my prayers to my Lord not be in vain.
When Abraham had cast off his people and the idols which
they worshipped, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We made a prophet, and We
bestowed on them gracious gifts and high renown.
Maryam Mary
1941-49
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Abraham’s call and Covenant
12:1 Now the LORD had said to Abram:
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"Get out of your country,
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From your family
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And from your father's house,
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To a land that I will show you.
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I will make you a great nation;
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I will bless you and make your name great; And you
shall be a blessing.
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I will bless those who bless you,
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And I will curse him who curses you;
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And in you all the families of the earth shall be
blessed."
Genesis 12:4-8
NKJV
4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot
went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from
Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all
their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had
acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they
came to the land of Canaan. 6 Abram passed through the land to the place of
Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then
in the land. 7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your
descendants I will give this land." And there he built an altar to the
LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 And he moved from there to the mountain east
of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the
east; there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 17:1-8
NKJV
17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD
appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me
and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you,
and will multiply you exceedingly." 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and
God talked with him, saying: 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with
you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name
be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father
of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make
nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My
covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their
generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your
descendants after you. 8 Also I give to you and your descendants after
you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an
everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
Gen 26:1-5 NKJV
26:1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first
famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech
king of the Philistines, in Gerar. 2 Then the LORD appeared to him and said:
"Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3
Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and
your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I
swore to Abraham your father. 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as
the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and
in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5
because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws."
Gen 28:12-14
NKJV
12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the
earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it. 13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and
said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac;
the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also
your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad
to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you
and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
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Abraham
Recount to them the story of Abraham. He said to his father and to his
people: “What is that which you
worship?”
They replied: “We
worship idols and pray to them with all fervor
“Do they hear you when you call on them?” he asked.
“Can they help you or do you harm?”
They replied:
“This was what our fathers did before us.”
He said, “Do you see those which you have worshipped, you
and your fathers? They are my
enemies. Not so the Lord of the
Universe, who has created me; who
gives me guidance, food and drink; who, when I am sick, restores me; who will
cause me to die and bring me back to life hereafter; who, I hope, will forgive me my sins on
the Day of Judgment.
“Lord, bestow wisdom upon me, and admit me among the
righteous. Make me deserving of
praise among posterity and count me among the heirs of the Blissful
Garden. Forgive my father, for he has
gone astray. Do not hold me up to
shame on the Day of Resurrection; the day when wealth and offspring will be
of no avail, and when none shall be saved but him who comes before his Lord
with a pure heart; when Paradise shall be brought within sight of the
righteous and Hell be revealed to the erring. They will be asked:
“Where are your idols now? Can
they help you or even help themselves?
And into Hell they shall be hurled, they and those who misled them,
and Satan’s legions all.
“By the Lord,” they will say to their idols, as they
contend with them, “we erred indeed when we made you equals with the Lord of
Creation. It was but the evil doers
who led us astray. We have no
intercessors now, no loving friend.
Could we but live our lives again we would be the true believers.”
Surely in that there was a sign, yet most of them did not
believe.
Ash-Shu’araa
The Poets 26:69-103
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Abraham separated from Lot
Gen
13:1-18
13:1
Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot
with him, to the South. 2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in
gold. 3 And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to
the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram
called on the name of the LORD.
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Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. 6 Now the land
was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their
possessions were so great that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was
strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's
livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land. 8 So
Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me,
and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the
whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I
will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the
left." 10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)
like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. 11
Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east.
And they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and
Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as
Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the
LORD.
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And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: "Lift your
eyes now and look from the place where you are--northward, southward,
eastward, and westward; 15 for all the land which you see I give to you and
your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of
the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your
descendants also could be numbered. 17 Arise, walk in the land through its
length and its width, for I give it to you." 18 Then Abram moved his
tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in
Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
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Gen 14
14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of
Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah,
Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that
is, Zoar). 3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the
Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth
year they rebelled.
5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that
were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim
in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their mountain of
Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 Then they turned back
and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar. 8 And the king
of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in
the Valley of Siddim 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of
nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar--four kings
against five. 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the
kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to
the mountains. 11 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all
their provisions, and went their way. 12 They also took Lot, Abram's
brother's son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the
Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram. 14 Now when
Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred
and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in
pursuit as far as Dan. 15 He divided his forces against them by night, and he
and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is
north of Damascus. 16 So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back
his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the
Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the
defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and
wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
"Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of
heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your
enemies into your hand."
And he gave him a tithe of all.
21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the
persons, and take the goods for yourself." 22 But Abram said to the king
of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the
Possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will take nothing, from a thread to
a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you
should say, 'I have made Abram rich'-- 24 except only what the young men have
eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre;
let them take their portion."
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God renews Covenant with Abram
Gen 15:1-6
15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram
in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your
exceedingly great reward." 2 But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will
You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of
Damascus?" 3 Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no
offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!" 4 And behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir,
but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir." 5 Then He
brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the
stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So
shall your descendants be." 6 And he believed in the LORD, and He
accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Gen 15:7-16
7 Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought
you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it." 8
And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?" 9
So He said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old
female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10
Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and
placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11
And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon
Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said
to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a
land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four
hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward
they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go
to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in
the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet complete."
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Gen 15:17-21
17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was
dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that
passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the
river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates-- 19 the Kenites, the
Kenezzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the
Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
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Abraham
And tell of Abraham.
He said to his people: “Serve
Allah and fear Him. That would be
best for you, if you but knew it. You
worship idols besides Allah and fabricate falsehoods. Those whom you serve besides Allah cannot
give you your daily bread. Therefore
seek your daily bread from Allah, and worship Him. Give thanks to Him, for to Him you shall return.”
“If you disbelieve, other communities before you likewise
disbelieved. Yet an apostle’s duty is
but to give plain warning.”
Do they not see how Allah conceives Creation, and then
renews it? That is easy enough for
Allah.
Say: “Roam the
earth and see how Allah has brought the Creation into being. Then will Allah initiate the Latter
Creation. Allah has power over all
things; He punishes whom He will and shows mercy to whom He pleases. To Him shall you be recalled.
Neither on earth nor in heaven shall you escape His
reach: nor have you any besides Allah
to protect or help you.
Those that disbelieve Allah’s revelations and deny that
they will ever meet Him shall despair of My mercy. Woeful punishment awaits them.
His peoples only reply was: “Kill him!” or “Burn him!”
But from the fire Allah delivered him. Surely in this there are signs for true
believers.
Abraham said: “You
have chosen idols instead of Allah, but your love of them will last only in
this nether life. On the Day of
Resurrection you shall disown one another, and you shall curse one another. The Fire shall be your home and none shall
help you.”
Lot believed him.
He said: “I will fly this land
whither my Lord bids me. He is the
Mighty One, the Wise One.”
We gave him Isaac and Jacob and bestowed on
his descendants prophet-hood and the Book.
We gave him his reward in this life, and in the life to come he shall
dwell among the righteous.
Al-Ankabut The Spider 29:16-27
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Abraham
Abraham was of the self same faith and came to his Lord
with a pure heart. He said to his
father and to his people: “What are
these that you worship? Would you
serve false deities instead of Allah?
What think you of the Lord of Creation?”
He lifted up his eyes to the stars and said: “I am sick!” And his people turned their backs and went off.
He stole away to their idols and said to them: “Will you not eat your offerings? Why do you not speak? With that he fell upon them, striking them
down with his right hand.
The people came running to the scene. “Would you worship that which you have
carved with your own hands,” he said, “when it was Allah who created you and
all you have made?
They replied:
“Build up a pyre and cast him into the blazing flames.” Thus did they scheme against him: but We abased them all.
He said: “I will
take refuge with my Lord; He will
give me guidance. Lord, grant me a
righteous son.”
We gave him news of a gentle son. And when he reached the age when he could
work with him, his father said to him:
“My son, I dreamt that I was sacrificing you. Tell me what you think.”
He replied:
“Father, do as you are bidden.
Allah willing you shall find me steadfast.”
And when they had both submitted to Allah, and Abraham had
laid down his son prostrate upon his face, We called out to him, saying: “Abraham, you have fulfilled your
vision.” Thus do We reward the
righteous. That was indeed a bitter
test. We ransomed his son with a
noble sacrifice and bestowed on him the praise of later generations. “Peace be on Abraham!”
Thus do We reward the righteous. He was one of Our believing servants.
We gave him Isaac, a saintly prophet, and blessed them
both. Among their offspring were some
who did good works and others who clearly sinned against their souls.
As-Saffat The Ranks 37:83-113
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Abraham
Tell of Abraham, who said to his father and to his
people: “I renounce the gods you
worship, except Him who created me, for He will rightly guide me.” He made this an abiding precept among his
descendants, so that they might for ever turn to Allah.
Az-Zukhruf Ornaments of Gold 43:26-29
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Abraham
You have a good example in Abraham and those who followed
him. They said to their people: “We disown you and the idols which you
worship besides Allah. We renounce
your enmity and hate shall reign between us until you believe in Allah
only.” (But do not emulate the words
of Abraham to his father: “I shall
implore forgiveness for you, although I can in no way protect you from
Allah.”) “Lord, in You we have put
our trust; to You we turn and to You we shall come at last. Lord, do not expose us to the designs of
the unbelievers. Forgive us, Lord;
You are the Mighty, the Wise One.”
Al-Mumtahana She Who is Tested 60:4-5
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Messengers came to
Abraham
Our messengers came to Abraham with good news. They said: "Peace!"
"Peace!" he answered, and hastened to bring them a roasted
calf. But when he saw their hands
being withheld from it, he mistrusted them and was afraid of them. They said: "Have no fear. We
are sent forth to the people of Lot."
His wife, who was standing by, laughed. We bade her rejoice in Isaac, and in Jacob
after Isaac.
"Alas!"
she replied. "How shall I
bear a child when I am old and my husband is well advanced in years? This is indeed a strange thing."
They replied:
"Do you marvel at the ways of Allah? May Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you, dear hosts! Worthy of praise is He and glorious."
And when fear left him as he pondered the good news,
Abraham pleaded with Us for the people of Lot. Abraham was gracious, tender-hearted, and devout.
We said:
"Abraham, plead no more.
Your Lord's will must needs be done.
Irrevocable is the scourge which shall smite them."
Hud 11:69-76
Abraham and messengers
Tell them about Abraham’s guests. They went in to him and said: “Peace,”
but he replied: “We fear your
intent.”
“Have no fear” they answered. “We come to you with good news. You shall have a son endowed with knowledge.”
He said: “Do you
bring me such news in my old age?
What news do you bring me?”
They replied: We
have made known to you the truth. Do
now despair.”
He said: “Who but a
sinner would despair of Allah’s mercy?
Messengers,” he said, “what is
your errand?”
They replied, “We are sent forth to a guilty nation. The house of Lot alone we shall deliver,
except his wife.” We had decreed that
she should stay with those who were to stay behind.
Al Hijr 15:51-60
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Messengers came to
Abraham
Genesis 18:1-8
NKJV
18:1 Then the LORD (Jehovah) appeared to him by the
terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of
the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were
standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet
them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, "My Lord (Adoney), if
I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4
Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh
your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your
servant." They said, "Do as you have said." 6 So Abraham
hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three
measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes." 7 And Abraham ran to
the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he
hastened to prepare it. 8 So he took butter and milk and the calf which he
had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as
they ate.
Genesis 18:9-15
NKJV
9 Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your
wife?" And he said, "Here, in the tent." 10 And He said,
"I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and
behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son." (Sarah was listening in the
tent door which was behind him.) 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well
advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12 Therefore
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old, shall I
have pleasure, my lord (adoney) being old also?" 13 And the LORD said to
Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I surely bear a child, since
I am old?' 14 "Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time
I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a
son." 15 But Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh," for
she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh!"
Genesis 18:16-21
NKJV
16 Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom,
and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. 17 And the LORD said,
"Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall
surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he may
command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of
the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham
what He has spoken to him." 20 And the LORD said, "Because the
outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
grave, 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether
according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will
know."
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Prayer of Abraham
Abraham said:
"Lord, make this a secure land.
Preserve me and my descendants from serving idols. Lord, many have they led astray. He that follows me shall become my brother,
but if anyone turns against me, You are surely forgiving and merciful.
Lord, I have settled some of my offspring in a barren
valley near Your Sacred House, so that they may observe true worship. Lord, put in the hearts of men kindness
towards them, and provide them with the earth's fruits, so that they may give
thanks.
Lord, You have knowledge of all that we conceal and all
that we reveal: nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.
Praise be to Allah who has given me Ishmael and Isaac in my
old age! All prayers are heard by
Him.
Lord, make me and my descendants steadfast in prayer. Lord, accept my prayer.
Forgive me, Lord, and forgive my parents and all the
faithful on the Day of Reckoning"
Ibrahim
Abraham 14:35-41
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Prayer of Abraham
Genesis 18:22-33
NKJV
22 Then the men turned away from there and went toward
Sodom, but Abraham still stood before (Jehovah) the LORD. 23 And Abraham came
near and said, "Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24
Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy
the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? 25 Far be
it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the
wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You!
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 26 So the LORD said,
"If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare
all the place for their sakes." 27 Then Abraham answered and said,
"Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to
speak to the Lord: 28 Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous;
would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?" So He said,
"If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it." 29 And he
spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose there should be forty found
there?" So He said, "I will not do it for the sake of forty."
30 Then he said, "Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose
thirty should be found there?" So He said, "I will not do it if I
find thirty there." 31 And he said, "Indeed now, I have taken it
upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?"
So He said, "I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty." 32 Then
he said, "Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more:
Suppose ten should be found there?" And He said, "I will not
destroy it for the sake of ten." 33 So the LORD (Jehovah) went His way
as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his
place.
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Lot and the messengers
And when the envoys came to the house of Lot, he said to
them: “I do not know you.”
“No,” they replied.
“We bring you news of that concerning which they are disputing. We bring you the truth, for what we say is
true. Depart with your kinsfolk in
the dead of night. Walk in their rear
and let none turn around. Go where
you are commanded.”
Such were the instructions we gave him; for the wrong
doers were to be utterly destroyed next morning.
The townsfolk came to him rejoicing. He said:
“These are my guests; do not disgrace me. Have fear of Allah and do not shame me.”
They replied: “Did
we not forbid you to entertain strangers?”
He said: “Here are
my daughters: take the, if you are
bent on evil.”
By your life, they were reeling in their frenzy! At sunrise the Cry took them. We razed their city to the ground and let
loose a shower of clay stones upon them.
Surely in this there are signs for prudent men. The road on which their city stood is trodden
still. Surely in this there is a sign
for true believers.
Al Hijr
15:63-15:64 page 185-186
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Lot and the messengers
Genesis 19:1-29
NKJV
19:1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and
Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet
them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said,
"Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and spend
the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your
way." And they said, "No, but we will spend the night in the open
square." 3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and
entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and
they ate.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men
of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded
the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men
who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them
carnally." 6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door
behind him, 7 and said, "Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8
See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring
them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these
men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my
roof." 9 And they said, "Stand back!" Then they said,
"This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we
will deal worse with you than with them." So they pressed hard against
the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out
their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11
And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness,
both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.
12 Then the men said to Lot, "Have you anyone else
here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the
city--take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because
the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and the
LORD has sent us to destroy it." 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his
sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, "Get up, get out
of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!" But to his
sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry,
saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest
you be consumed in the punishment of the city." 16 And while he
lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of
his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out
and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to pass, when they had brought
them outside, that he said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind
you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be
destroyed." 18 Then Lot said to them, "Please, no, my lords! 19
Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have
increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot
escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. 20 See now,
this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one; please let me
escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live." 21 And
he said to him, "See, I have favored you concerning this thing also, in
that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 Hurry,
escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore
the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the
LORD out of the heavens. 25 So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all
the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But his wife
looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place
where he had stood before the LORD. 28 Then he looked toward Sodom and
Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the
smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
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Ishmael
And in the Book you shall tell of Ishmael: he, too, was a man of his word, an
apostle, and a prophet.
He enjoined prayer and almsgiving on his people, and his
Lord was pleased with him.
Maryam Mary 19:54-55
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Ishmael
Genesis 17:1-14
NKJV
17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD
appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me
and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will
multiply you exceedingly." 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked
with him, saying: 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you
shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called
Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of
many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations
of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My covenant
between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for
an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8
Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a
stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be
their God."
9 And God said to Abraham: "As for you, you shall
keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their
generations. 10 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you
and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be
circumcised; 11 and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your
foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. 12 He
who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child
in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from
any foreigner who is not your descendant. 13 He who is born in your house and
he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall
be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male
child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall
be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
Genesis 17:15-18
NKJV
15 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife,
you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will
bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her." 17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall
a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who
is ninety years old, bear a child?" 18 And Abraham said to God, "Oh,
that Ishmael might live before You!"
Genesis 17:19-22
NKJV
19 Then God said: "No, Sarah your wife
shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will
establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his
descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you.
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great
nation. 21 But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom
Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year." 22 Then He finished
talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 17:23-27
NKJV
23 So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were
born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among
the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that
very same day, as God had said to him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years
old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael
his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin. 26 That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son
Ishmael; 27 and all the men of his house, born in the house or bought
with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Genesis 21:1-21
NKJV
21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the
LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a
son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And
Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him--whom Sarah bore to
him--Isaac. 4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days
old, as God had commanded him. 5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when
his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh,
and all who hear will laugh with me." 7 She also said, "Who would
have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a
son in his old age."
8 So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a
great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw the son
of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. 10
Therefore she said to Abraham, "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for
the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with
Isaac." 11 And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham's sight
because of his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, "Do not let it be
displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman.
Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your
seed shall be called. 13 Yet I will also make a nation of the son of
the bondwoman, because he is your seed." 14 So Abraham rose early in
the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her
shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she
departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed
the boy under one of the shrubs. 16 Then she went and sat down across from
him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, "Let me
not see the death of the boy." So she sat opposite him, and lifted her
voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God
called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar?
Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift
up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great
nation." 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And
she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink. 20 So God
was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an
archer. 21 He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a
wife for him from the land of Egypt.
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Abraham guidance
We formerly bestowed guidance on Abraham, for We knew him
well. He said to his father and to
his people: “What are these images to
which you are so devoted?”
They replied:
“They are the gods our fathers worshipped.”
He said: “Then you
and your fathers have surely been in evident error.”
“Is it the truth that you are preaching,” they asked, “or
is this but a jest?”
“Indeed,” he
answered, “your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. It was He that made them: to this I bear witness. By the Lord, I will overthrow your idols
as soon as you have turned your backs.”
He broke them all in pieces, except their supreme god
(Allah), so that they might return to him.
Who has done this to our deities?” asked some. “He must surely be a wicked man.”
Others replied:
“We have heard a youth called Abraham speak of them.”
They said: “Then
bring him here in the sight of all the people, that they may act as
witnesses.”
“Abraham,” they
said, “was it you who did this to our deities?”
“No,” he
replied. “It was their chief who
smote them. Ask them, if they can
speak.”
Thereupon they turned their thoughts upon themselves and
said to each other: “Surely you are
the ones who have done wrong>”
Crest-fallen as they were, [they said to Abraham:] “You know they cannot speak.”
He answered:
“Would you then worship that, instead of Allah, which can neither help
pr harm you? Shame on you and on your
idols! Have you no sense?”
They cried: “Burn
him and avenge your gods, if you must punish him!”
“Fire,” We said, “Be cool to Abraham and keep him safe.”
They sought to lay a snare for him, but it was they whom We
ruined. We delivered him and Lot, and
brought them to the land which We had blessed for all mankind.
We gave him Isaac, and then Jacob for a grandson, and We
made each a righteous man. We
ordained them leaders to give guidance at Our behest, and enjoined on them
charity, prayer, and almsgiving. They
served none but Our self.
Al-Anbiyaa The
prophets 21:51-73
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Abraham Tested
Gen 22:1-19
22:1 Now it came to pass after these things that God
tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here
I am." 2 And He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom
you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt
offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his
donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he
split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of
which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and
saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here
with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come
back to you." 6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid
it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the
two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said,
"My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." Then he
said, "Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering?" 8 And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide for
Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went
together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him.
And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound
Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham
stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the Angel
of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!"
And he said, "Here I am." 12 And He said, "Do not lay your
hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." 13 Then
Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in
a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up
for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of
the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the
Mount of The LORD it shall be provided."
15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second
time out of heaven, 16 and said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD,
because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only
son-- 17 blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your
descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the
seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In
your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have
obeyed My voice." 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose
and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
NKJV
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Abraham, Sacred Mosque, Pilgrimage
When We prepared for Abraham the site of the Sacred
Mosque We said. “Worship none
besides Me. Keep My House clean for
those who walk around it, and those who stand upright or kneel in
worship.
Exhort all men to make the Pilgrimage. They will come to you on foot and on the
backs of swift camels from every distant quarter; they will come to avail themselves of many a benefit, and to
pronounce on the appointed days the name of Allah over the cattle which He
has given them for food. Eat of their
flesh, and feed the poor and the unfortunate.
Let the pilgrims tidy themselves, make their vows, and encircle
the Ancient house. Such is Allah’s
commandment. He that reveres the
sacred rites of Allah shall fare better in the sight of his Lord.
Al-Hajj
Pilgrimage 22:26-28
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Abraham, altar and Isaac
James 2:19-24
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even
the demons believe--and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man,
that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by
works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that
faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made
perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham
believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was
called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works,
and not by faith only.
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