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  2. Ishmael - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] Her demand was painful for Abraham, who loved Ishmael. Abraham agreed only after God told him that "in Isaac your seed shall be called" and that God would "make a nation of the son of the bondwoman" Ishmael, since he was a descendant of Abraham (Genesis 21:11–13), God having previously told Abraham "I will establish My covenant with ...

  3. Ishmael in Islam - Wikipedia

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    As Abraham attempts to slay Ishmael, either the knife is turned over in his hand or copper appears on Ishmael to prevent the death and God tells Abraham that he has fulfilled the command. Unlike in the Bible, there is no mention in the Qur'an of an animal (ram) replacing the boy; rather he is replaced with a 'great sacrifice' ( dhibḥin ...

  4. Abrahamic religions - Wikipedia

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    The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [6] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse but also has entered academic discourse.

  5. The Departure of the Shunammite Woman - Wikipedia

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    The Departure of the Shunammite Woman or Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael is a 1640 painting by the studio of Rembrandt, probably by Ferdinand Bol. It is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It shows either Hagar and Ishmael or the Shunammite woman from 2 Kings 4. [1]

  6. Abraham - Wikipedia

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    Abraham [a] (originally Abram) [b] is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [7] In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; [c] [8] and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic ...

  7. Black Stone - Wikipedia

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    Ibrahim (Abraham) was said to have later found the Black Stone at the original site of Adam's altar when the angel Jibrail revealed it to him. [39] Ibrahim ordered his son Ismael – who in Muslim belief is an ancestor of Muhammad – to build a new temple, the Kaaba, into which the stone was to be embedded.

  8. Abraham in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Abraham [a] was a prophet and messenger [5] [6] of God according to Islam, and an ancestor to the Ishmaelite Arabs and Israelites. [5] [7] Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [5]

  9. Jewish mythology - Wikipedia

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    Abraham is called by God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land originally given to Canaan but which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. Various candidates are put forward who might inherit the land after Abraham; and, while promises are made to Ishmael about founding a great nation, Isaac , Abraham's son by his ...