Muslims: How are Abraham,Isaac, Ishmael, Haggar, Esau, and Jacob represnted in the Koran?

Question

In your history and religion, how are these people viewed? I am truly seeking an answer for my knowledge. I do not mean any disrespect with this question. Please enlighten me on this topic. Thank You. Salam

Answer 1

Salamu alaykum sister,

I answered a similar question a while ago and I thought that I would paste it for you, even though it does not answer your whole question. InshaAllah (God willing) that this helps you in your pursuit of knowledge. May Allah guide you on the straight path, and bless you in your search for the truth.

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Jesus, Abraham, Moses (peace be upon them), along with Noah (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (s.a.w) are all seen as the 5 most respected and regarded prophets in Islam. Reason being, that these prophets struggled and endured the most hardship in pursuit of spreading the message of Allah.

That is amazing, considering that Allah tells us that He has sent us approximately 123,000 prophets (peace be upon them), from the first prophet being Adam (peace be upon him), and the final messenger, being our beloved Muhammad (s.a.w).

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To further answer your question read the below.

Jesus (peace be upon him)....

Known in the Qur’an as Isa Bin Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary) this prophet is not only revered and loved by Christians but by Muslims as well. Islam makes it an article of faith to respect Jesus.

The holy book of Islam, which mentions the name 'Muhammad' only five times, mentions the name of Jesus no less than 25 times. The Qur'an instructs Muslims to believe in Jesus's miraculous birth and spectacular miracles and to acknowledge him as a true messenger.

No Muslim is a true Muslim if he does not believe in Jesus. Muslims believe that he was one of the greatest messengers ever sent to mankind; Muslims believe that he was born without male intervention; Muslims believe that he cured those born deaf, blind and lepers; and Muslims believe that Jesus raised the dead with Allah's permission. The only parting of ways is that Muslims do not believe that he is God or part of a trinity or that he was crucified.

In the Qur'an, Jesus's first miracle is speaking as a baby to defend the allegations aimed at his mother.

Moses (peace be upon him)....

Known by his Aramaic name, Musa, Moses is considered to be one of the great messengers of Allah. When he was born, the Egyptian Pharaoh, Rameses I ordered that the first-born of every family from the tribes of Israel be killed.

To save her newborn, Moses's mother placed her son in a basket, and placed it on the river. The river carried the child towards the palaces of the Egyptian royal family. Here, he was picked up and eventually brought up in the house of Pharaoh by Pharaoh's wife.

When he grew up, Allah spoke to Moses and told him and his brother Aaron (Haroon) to challenge Pharaoh Rameses II. Moses was at first reluctant, but Allah told him not to be afraid and that he would help Moses in his task.

Subsequently, Moses and his brother went to Rameses II and instructed him to stop his wickedness and to free all the people he had enslaved. Rameses II arrogantly refused and continued to tyrannise people. Even when Moses performed miracles, with the permission of Allah, Rameses II said, 'This is nothing but magic!' Eventually, Allah destroyed him and the Egyptians for their conceitedness and oppression of innocent people.

Abraham (peace be upon him)...

Referred to in Islamic tradition as the father of the prophets and the friend of God, Abraham pbuh – or Ibrahim, in Islam - is looked upon with tremendous respect.

Abraham is also the father of two other prophets, Isaac and Ishmael. Both of his sons are revered by Muslims and looked up to as true prophets of Allah.

The people Abraham lived around believed in idols, something strictly forbidden in Islam. Unlike his brethren, Abraham wanted to worship the true God and so he would think about what the real God looked like.

He saw the sunrise and thought, 'this is my God', but when it set he said 'this is not God as God would never go away or set'. After many years, he realised that Allah had no physical form. Abraham called his people to the worship of one God, but they rejected his words and continued to worship their idols. One day when the villagers had gone away to celebrate a festival, he sneaked into a temple and destroyed all the idols except the biggest one. He placed an axe in that idol's hand. When the people came back they where dismayed and knew only Abraham would have done that. So they questioned Abraham about the desecration of their idols.

When Abraham asked 'Why don't you ask your idols who broke them?' they replied that idols could not talk, and so Abraham pointed out to them the folly in believing in idols that could not protect themselves, or speak up, or do any harm to you. His people decided to burn him rather than accept what he was saying, but Allah saved Abraham by calming the fire.

According to the Holy Qur’an 21: 69, {Allah said: O Fire! Be cool and safe for Abraham!}

Answer 2

In the holy Qur'an Surah 14 Abraham(Ibrahim prophat he is called )God spoke that God sent a prophet with the language
of his group.Abraham prayed for the prosperity and safety of Macca.He prayed also to Allah the only one God that his descendants will avoid for making ally to God.He asked God's protection that his children and grandchildren(his descendants) will not worship to statues and other gods than Allah..Abraham had 2 sons one the eldest was Ismael He was born by the second wife Siti Hajar (Haggar) a black woman from Ethiopia and the other one called Isaac the younger son from his first wife Siti Sarah.(Esau).They had children when they were old enough.Gabriel angel told Abraham that he would get children before his wives were pragnant..Jacob prophet was a jew.Jacob prophet was the son of Isaac as stated in the Surah 12 Jusuf (Yosef).Yosef prophet was the son of Jacob and Jacob was the grandchild of Abraham.Yosef was a very handsome prophet .He was dropped into a deep well by his jealous brothers.Yosef could tell the meaning of dreams.He was brought by well known and rich trader of Egypt .He was appointerd as premier there.His brothers asked help from Yosef and they did not know that Yosef was his brother who had been dropped into the well..We muslims viewed them as prophets of jews but their religion was monotheism.They prayed and worshipped only to Allah the only one God..Abraham destroyed all statues made by his father except the biggest one.When his father asked him,he told that the biggest one destroyed the other.But his father did not believe his son because all statues could not speak and did anything. Abraham was burnt by the King but Allah saved him.
Salam for you..

Answer 3

As prophets, all who tried there upmost to convey the truth about one God to start with.