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IshmaelIn the Old Testament, the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah's Egyptian maid Hagar; traditional ancestor of Muhammad and the Arab people. He and his mother were driven away by Sarah's jealousy. Muslims believe that it was Ishmael, not Isaac, whom God commanded Abraham to sacrifice, and that Ishmael helped Abraham build the Kaaba in Mecca. |
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| It commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Isma'il in response to a command from God, and God's mercy in substituting a lamb for Isma'il. Abu Mansur 'Abd al-Malik Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Tha'alibi, Thimar al-qulub fi l-mudaf wa-l-mansub, ed. Bilal Kuspinar, Isma'il Ankaravi on the Illuminative Philosophy: His lzahu'l-Hikem: Its edition and analysis in comparison with Dawwani's Shawakil al-Hur, together with the translation of Suhrawardi's Hayakil al-Nur (Kuala Lumpur: ISTAC, 1996). |
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