Abraham was chosen to be a Great Prophet of the Creator of the Universe.
Abraham had two sons who were both to be blessed with a Holy Covenant at separate times.
The Holy Covenant are promises from The Lord of Abraham in return for taking on the responsibility to "Make Allah/God known to the World" and establishing the “laws of God” on the Earth.
Ishmael - first son - ISLAM
Issac - second son - JUDAISM & Christianity
JUDAISM is the covenant through Isaac.
ISLAM is the covenant through Ishmael.
The Romans and Greeks could never conquer or Hellenize the children of Ishmael.
Rabbi Frand points out additionally that the Ishmaelite are armed with a potent weapon, a supreme weapon --the power of prayer. After all, Ishmael is born as a result of the power of prayer. The angels tell Hagar (Genesis 16:11) --- "Hee'nach harah v'ya'ladet ben," behold you are going to bear a child, "Kee sha'ma Hashem et ahn'yaich," for G-d has heard the cry of your travail. In the wilderness of Paran (Arabia), Ishmael himself is saved by the power of prayer and granted a miraculous spring of water. Genesis 21:17, "Kee sha'ma Elokim et kol ha'na'ar," G-d heard the cries of the infant (Ishmael), the angel tells Hagar.
Muslims have a great love for prayer and they pray with zeal to the Lord of Abraham--five times a day. They are willing to march for thousands of miles to visit Mecca and Medina in order to show their commitment to their love of G-D in prayer and sacrifice.
The Hebrew verses in Genesis (which were revealed hundreds of years before the Quran) say that the Ishmaelite will be a “perah adam”… a WILD man, a free man.
Modern commentators now interpret the above as : They will constantly raise their hand against all other men who have authority. As if freedom is the only honor. They will forever be “men who kick like wild donkeys against those who come to shackle them”. They will be the most difficult people on earth to conquer and oppress, but the perfect people to entrust with a divine message.
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2007-09-15
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You quote from the book of Genesis, perhaps you would like to read it again.
Gen.17:
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set btime in the next year.
The covenant is with Issac.
2007-09-15 19:15:18
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answered by djmantx 7
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Islam will never fail, because it is the truth, plain and simple. People can say and do whatever they want, but in the end it is the truth from God, and God will protect. Plus, why do people like to create this divide between Ishmael and Isaac. They are both brothers in religion. Muslims do not create this divide, yet others do.
2007-09-15 19:44:41
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answered by Richie Spice 2
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Basically, Muslims already believe that Christ is an inspired prophet of God, like Muhammad, and that Christianity has been fulfilled and completed in Islam/the Quran. They already believe it with the exception of the polytheistic triumvirate conceptualization of the prophets' relationship to God. In regard to Christianity, what's there for them to convert to, as they already accept its truth? It would be going backwards in the progress of an ever-advancing humanity. Muhammad brought to the concept of nation-building the power of unity through a common belief and conceptualization of collective self, and the rest of the world jumped on board and dazzled itself with the application of this concept without due credit to its originator.
2007-09-15 19:14:47
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answered by jaicee 6
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There is no covenant with Ishmael. He is the child through human interference.
Isaac ist the child of God's promise. He made his covenant with him.
2007-09-16 06:22:29
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answered by Sternchen 5
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There is special blessing on these people perhaps because of firm belief in One God. Beside Quran bible also confirm this:
"And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. (Bible: Genesis, 17: 20)
Here twelve princes are twelve sons of Ishmael (peace be upon him). But the great nation is directly pointing to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) because there is no one among the generation of Ishmael (peace be upon him) who has a great nation. Quran has also mentioned the prayer of both Abraham (peace be upon him) and Ishmael (peace be upon him) about this great nation.
2007-09-15 19:28:07
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answered by Anonymous
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God put a veil over there eyes and harden their hearts just like the Egyptian Pharaoh. God promised Abraham's decedents would be blessed. Ismael was promised but not blessed.
2007-09-15 19:11:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Yeah Right...
As God had promised, the Ishmaelites grew to become “a great nation” that ‘could not be numbered for multitude.’ (Ge 17:20; 16:10) But instead of settling down (they built few cities), they preferred the nomadic life. Ishmael himself was “a zebra of a man,” that is, a restless wanderer who roamed the Wilderness of Paran and lived by his bow and arrows. His descendants were likewise tent-dwelling Bedouin for the most part, a people who ranged over the Sinai Peninsula from “in front of Egypt,” that is, to the E of Egypt and across northern Arabia as far as Assyria. They were noted for being a fierce, warlike people hard to get along with, even as it was said of their father Ishmael: “His hand will be against everyone, and the hand of everyone will be against him.”—Ge 16:12; 21:20, 21; 25:16, 18.
In further describing the Ishmaelites, it is said: “In front of all his brothers he settled down [Heb., na·phal′].” (Ge 25:18) Similarly, the Midianites and their allies, it was said, “were plumped [no·phelim′, a participle form of na·phal′] in the low plain” in Israelite territory until Gideon’s band forcefully routed them. (Jg 7:1, 12) Hence, when the Ishmaelites “settled down” it was evidently with the intent of holding on to the region until forcefully removed.
They are No longer a Force. Mohommad's claims as being of that tribe are unfounded.
2007-09-15 19:10:51
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answered by conundrum 7
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Any unfastened u . s . refuses to be conquered. Muslims take their faith heavily and prepare it .they are prepared to furnish each element for the sake of Islam , and as a manner to guard Arab lands from occupation.call it terrorism , insanity , or despite you choose.we will no longer obey people who attack our soil and step on our necks.IRAQ,LEBANON and PALESTINE would be unfastened , quickly or later .
2016-10-09 06:36:51
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answered by ? 4
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Yes. Christ said that those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
In other words, if you run around trying to conquer your neighbors, which is contrary to what He teaches, you'll get yours.
2007-09-15 19:10:16
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answered by Anonymous
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who said they were hard to conquer? looks like most of them are doing a good job of conquering themselves i say america and europe should leave them alone and i say withing 50 years they will all just basically decimate themselves
it alsp says that wild man every nation shall be against him
2007-09-15 19:07:40
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answered by Anonymous
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