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Ishmael (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded by Muslims as an Islamic prophet. Born to Abraham and Hagar , he is the namesake of the Ishmaelites , who were descended from him.
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael [a] was the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. [1] He died at the age of 137. [2] Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs. Within Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Adnanites) and ...
Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron, [10] Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two prophetic households in spirit.
The Ishmaelites (Hebrew: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים, romanized: Yīšməʿēʾlīm; Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized: Banī Ismā'īl, lit. 'sons of Ishmael') were a collection of various Arab tribes, tribal confederations and small kingdoms described in Abrahamic tradition as being descended from and named after Ishmael, a prophet according to the Quran, the first son of ...
Hājar (Arabic: هَاجَر), known as Hagar in the Hebrew Bible, was the wife [1] of the patriarch and Islamic prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and the mother of Ismā'īl . She is a revered woman in the Islamic faith. According to Muslim belief, she was a maid of the king of Egypt who gifted her to Ibrahim's wife Sarah.
Ismail al-Faruqi (1921–1986), Palestinian American Islamic scholar; Ismail al-Ghoul (1997–2024), Palestinian journalist; Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206), Muslim engineer and artist; Ismail al-Khalidi al-Minangkabawi, Islamic scholar; Ismail al-Zahir (died 1043), 1st Dhulnunid Emir of Toledo Taifa; Ismail Ba (born 1974), Senegalese former ...
Non-Islamic testimonies about Muhammad's life describe him as the leader of the Saracens, [2] believed to be descendants of Ishmael, that lived in the Roman-era provinces of Arabia Petraea (West) and Arabia Deserta (North).
The Adnanites (Arabic: عدنانيون) were a tribal confederation of the Ishmaelite Arabs, who trace their lineage back to Ishmael son of the Islamic prophet and patriarch Abraham and his wife Hagar through Adnan, who originate from the Hejaz. The Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to the Quraysh tribe of the 'Adnanites'. [2]