Isaac in Islam

ʾIsḥāq
إِسْحَاق
Isaac
Resting placeCave of the Patriarchs, Hebron
PredecessorIsmail
SuccessorYaqub
ChildrenYaqub, Esau
Parent(s)Ibrahim and Sarah
RelativesIsmail (half-brother), forefather of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

The biblical patriarch Isaac (Arabic: إِسْحَاق or إِسْحٰق[note] ʾIsḥāq) is recognized as a prophet of God by Muslims.[1] As in Judaism and Christianity, Islam maintains that Isaac was the son of the patriarch and prophet Abraham from his wife Sarah. Muslims hold Isaac in deep veneration because they believe that both Isaac and his older half-brother Ishmael continued their father's spiritual legacy through their subsequent preaching of the message of Allah after the death of Abraham.[2] Isaac is mentioned in fifteen passages of the Quran.[3] Along with being mentioned several times in the Quran, Isaac is held up as one of Islam's prophets.

  1. ^ Lives of the Prophets, L. Azzam, Isaac and Jacob
  2. ^ Stories of the Prophets, Kisa'i, Isaac
  3. ^ Watt, W. Montgomery, “Isḥāḳ”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs.

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