Who was sacrificed by Abraham; Ishmael or Isaac?
Muslims shall soon celebrate Eid-ul-Az’ha on the 10th of Zul-Hajj in memory of the sacred sacrifice of Ishmael. Jews and Christians do not agree that it was Ishmael – the first born of Abraham but it was Isaac who was sacrificed because it is written in their Bible. Is there any other evidence, custom or… show more
Update: Abraham got Ishmael at the age of 86 and Isaac at 99 hence Ishmael was the only star of his eye for 13 years. It does not mean any deficiency in the love and respect of Isaac since both were included in the blessings & covenant of God.{Genesis 13:14-16 } Of course none was sacrificed in this event yet it was a… show more
Update 2: Dear Ben Yeshua, Quran has corrected the human interventions in H.Scriptures. Christianity was destroyed in its infancy by the false inspirations and self-appointed Apostles. Jesus never claimed divinity or sacrificial death! Islam did not invent this Hajj ritual but continued it with some modifications as a… show more
Update 3: Dear Ben Yeshua, Quran has corrected the human interventions in H.Scriptures. Christianity was destroyed in its infancy by the false inspirations and self-appointed Apostles. Jesus never claimed divinity or sacrificial death! Islam did not invent this Hajj ritual but continued it with some modifications as a… show more
Update 4: JED; Hagar was not a handmade or Slave girl either! It is the same Jewish tendency towards Ishmaelites.
No one goes 1000 miles (Egypt) to have a Slave girl. She was a Princess in captivity of Egyptian King who overthrown previous Dynasty of Hyksos -the Babylonians. She was also a chosen one for the Ishmaelites.
Torah text in this respect is confusing and hiding the truth. The reason of visit is told “drought” in the region but why other ( 70-80) members of the tribe did not migrate to Egypt? Therefore she was not a Handmade and she was selected to be the mother of Ishmael.