Abraham did suggest why not Ishmael but GOD rejected it.
2006-12-15 01:48:21 · 5 answers · asked by ubuntu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not sure if I understand your question but I'll try. Muslims are the people of Ishmael. Jews are the people Issac. Hence the pact was made with jews and their christian offshoots.
2006-12-15 01:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the Koran is a fraud and a forgery. Islam claims that the Torah was perverted by man to change the story and disinherit Ishmael. Somehow, 2000 years after the fact, Mohammed, without the benefit of any written or even oral traditions to the contrary, suddenly claims the Torah is wrong and it was Ishmael all along and therefore Abraham is a muslim and the Arabs have the birthright.
Mohammed grew up knowing many Jews, Jewish history and practices. He incorporated much of it into his new religion...and when the Jews rejected him as the charlatan that he was, his response was to massacre the lot.
2006-12-15 10:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The promise was to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Ishmael was sent away and was not a recipient of the covenant. (For some reason, Muslims skip that very important part.) Jacob's name was changed to Israel by God and the descendants of Ishmael have been at war with the descendants of Israel ever since.
2006-12-15 09:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by TubeDude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A controversy has raged between the people of the Bible and the House of Islam as to which of the sons of Abraham (pbuh), Ishmael or Isaac was offered as a sacrifice.
The Bible is quite clear in designating the offering:
"And he (God Almighty) said, take now thy son, THINE ONLY SON . . ., whom thou lovest, and et thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering . . ." Genesis 22:2.
If at anytime, an offspring of Abraham (pbuh) can be described as "thine only son: it could only be Ishmael, because for more than thirteen years, he was the only son and seed of Abraham.
God Almighty acknowledges Ishmael as the "son and seed" of Abraham in no less than twelve places in the Book of Genesis alone. At no time was Isaac the only son and seed of Abraham!
The false pen of the scribe was in the hand of the Jews who edited the Books of Moses (pbuh), as the prophet Jeremiah bewails:
"How do ye say, We are wise, and the law (the Torah) of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in VAIN made he it; the PEN OF THE SCRIBE IS IN VAIN." Jeremiah 8:8
When the Jews are found to convert an Israelite into an Ishmaelite when no motives are involved, then how much easier for them to change the word "you only son Ishmael" to : your only son Isaac!"
Confirm the Jewish sickness in your Bible:
"Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite . . . " 2 Samuel 17:25
Contadicted by
". . . and the father of Amasa was Jether (dame as Ithra) the Ishmaelite." 1 Chronicles 2:17
2006-12-15 10:06:03 · answer #4 · answered by By Any Means Necessary 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the quran oppposes the bible....if it rejects jehovah, it certainly will reject Issac
2006-12-15 09:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋