Yet from a traditional Jewish perspective, Islam does not constitute a new covenant equal to the Torah’s. Like Ishmael — a ...

Prophet Ishmael was a half-brother of Prophet Isaac, long separated from him, but always related, as can be seen from the Qur’an: “Say: we believe in God and in what has been revealed to us ...

If Prophet Abraham is an Ummah then fighting between the descendants of Prophets Ishmael and Isaac is a civil war and should always be avoided. After all: “Righteousness is not in turning your ...

The story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son is a foundational narrative in both Judaism and Islam. In the Torah, this son is named as Isaac; in Islamic tradition, he is often understood to ...

The Torah focuses on Isaac’s life more than Ishmael’s so it is not unexpected that Genesis 22 is all about Abraham and Isaac. The Qur’an hints at a solution to the question of the son’s name.

Since the day that Isaac and Ishmael buried Abraham, after a lifetime of enmity and estrangement from each other, Hebron’s unity has been elusive. A city steeped in history and in strife. A place of ...

All four of them were descendants of Prophet Abraham and his two sons, Prophets Ishmael and Isaac. Prophet Abraham also received from Allah a smaller written revelation called Suhuf Ibrahim by the ...

Thus, because Prophet Abraham shared equally four trials with the Sarah/Isaac lineage, and four with the Hajar/Ishmael lineage [two and 1/2 trials with Hajar, one and 1/2 with Ishmael], God’s ...