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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 ...
According to Islamic prophetic tradition, Muhammad descended from Adnan. [7] Tradition records the genealogy from Adnan to Muhammad comprises 21 generations. The following is the list of chiefs who are said to have ruled the Hejaz and to have been the patrilineal ancestors of Muhammad. [4]
The development of Islam created pressure for Islam to be somehow different from Judaism and Christianity, and accordingly, Ishmael's lineage to Arabs was stressed. [22]: 117 Today, some Christians believe that God fulfills his promises to Ishmael today by blessing the Arab nations with oil [23] and political strength. [24]
Angels, created from light (nur) [57] the heavenly hosts, and servants of God. [58] In the Quran angels are described as winged beings of no specific gender, who wholly worship and are devoted servants of God. Each angel has a specially defined role, consisting of various duties, however only God knows all of the roles and duties of the angels ...
A Muslim (مُسْلِم), the word for a follower of Islam, [16] is the active participle of the same verb form, and means "submitter (to God)" or "one who surrenders (to God)". In the Hadith of Gabriel , Islam is presented as one part of a triad that also includes imān (faith), and ihsān (excellence).
Muslims hold the Quran, as it was revealed to Muhammad, to be God's final revelation to mankind, and therefore a completion and confirmation of previous scriptures, such as the Bible. [1] Despite the primacy that Muslims place upon the Quran in this context, belief in the validity of earlier Abrahamic scriptures is one of the six Islamic ...
When ahl (أهل) appears in construction with a person, it refers to his blood relatives.However, the word also acquires wider meanings with other nouns. [6] In particular, bayt (بَيْت) is translated as 'habitation' and 'dwelling', [7] and thus the basic translation of ahl al-bayt is '(the) inhabitants of the house'. [6]
Muslims believe that God is both complex and a blend of love, compassion, wrath and anger. If you are obedient to God’s word, you will be blessed. If you are not, then God will not be merciful.