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The biblical patriarch Isaac (Arabic: إِسْحَاق or إِسْحٰق ʾIsḥāq) is recognized as a prophet of God by Muslims. As in Judaism and Christianity, Islam maintains that Isaac was the son of the patriarch and prophet Abraham from his wife Sarah.
Isaac is considered a Prophet of God in all three Abrahamic faiths. Muslims respect and honor Prophet Isaac, as they do all the Prophets of God. They believe that both Isaac and his older half-brother Ishmael continued their father’s legacy by preaching the message of One God.
Just as Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) miraculously created Adam (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) without a father or mother, He created Isa (may peace be upon him) without a father. In Islam, Jesus (Isa) is not considered the son of God, as he is in Christian belief.
Qur'an verses about Prophet Isaac. In this article, we've gathered the Qur'anic verses on Prophet Isaac (Prophet Isḥāq as). The methodology was to compile all the Qur'an verses that shared the English word's Arabic triliteral root. For example, raḥmatan translates to mercy.
Isaac or Isḥāq (اسحاق) was one of the great prophets of God who was the second son of Prophet Ibrahim. The story of his birth is related in the Quran. Isaac, through his son Jacob, aka Israel, was the great ancestor of the Children of Israel. His name has been mentioned 17 times in the Quran.
The Muslim Tradition. Moreover, when we look at Islamic tradition, it is commonly believed that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is a descendant of Ishmael; so through a descendant of Abraham, but through his son Ishmael. And the Ishmaelites are then generally known to be the Arabs.
