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| Born | 1996 BCE |
| Died | |
| Resting place | Ibrahimi Mosque, Hebron |
| Other names | Khalīlullāh (Arabic: خَلِيْلُ ٱللهِ, "Friend of God") |
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| Predecessor | Salih |
| Successor | Lut |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Isma'il (Ishmael), Isḥaq (Isaac) |
| Parent | Tarakh (father)[1][2][3][4] Mahalath (mother) |
| Relatives | Lut (nephew) |
Abraham[a] (Arabic: ابراهيم, romanized: Ibrāhīm) 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] According to the Islamic perspective, Abraham fulfilled all the commandments and trials wherein God nurtured him throughout his lifetime. As a result of his unwavering faith in God, Abraham was promised by God to be a leader to all the nations of the world.[8] The Qur'an extols Abraham as a model and exemplar: obedient and not an idolater.[9] In this sense, Abraham has been described as representing "primordial man in universal surrender to the Divine Reality before its fragmentation into religions separated from each other by differences in form".[10]: 18 Muslims believe that the Ka'aba in Mecca was built by Abraham and his son Isma'il (Arabic: إسماعيل or إسمٰعيل, romanized: ʼIsmāʻīl, lit. 'Ishmael') as the first house of worship on Earth. The Islamic holy day, Eid al-Adha, is celebrated partly in commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's command.[10]
Muslims believe that Abraham became the leader of the righteous in his time and that it was through him that Adnanite-Arabs and Israelites came. Abraham, in the belief of Islam, was instrumental in cleansing the world of idolatry at his time. Paganism was cleared out by Abraham in both the Arabian Peninsula and Canaan. He spiritually purified both places as well as physically sanctifying the houses of worship. Abraham and Isma'il (Ishmael) further established the rites of pilgrimage,[11] or Ḥajj ('Pilgrimage'), which are still followed by Muslims today. Muslims maintain that Abraham further asked God to bless both the lines of his progeny, of Isma'il and Isḥaq (Isaac), and to keep all of his descendants in the protection of God.
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- ^ Roohul Ma'ani, Vol. 7, pp. 194—195.
- ^ Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. 2, p. 100.
- ^ Al-Dur al-Manthur, Vol. 3, p. 43.
- ^ Niazi, Yama (6 October 2022). "Will All Believers and Their Non-Muslim Parents Be Forgiven?". Seekers Guidance. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
The Prophet Ibrahim's actual father was a Muslim. His name is given as Tarakh by historians.
- ^ a b c Sajjadi, Sadeq (2015) [2008]. "Abraham". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica. Vol. 1. Translated by Negahban, Farzin. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0028. ISBN 978-90-04-16860-2. ISSN 1875-9823.
- ^ Quran 87:19
- ^ Siddiqui, Mona. "Ibrahim – the Muslim view of Ibrahim". Religions. BBC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Quran 2:124
- ^ Quran 16:120
- ^ a b Glassé, Cyril (1991). "Abraham". Kaaba. The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. HarperSanFrancisco, Suhail Academy. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-0606-3126-0.
- ^ Quran 2:128
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