Qur’an
(Koran) 37:83-113
[37:83] Among his
followers was Abraham.
[37:84] He came to his
Lord wholeheartedly.
[37:85] He said to his
father and his people, "What are you worshipping?
[37:86] "Is it
these fabricated gods, instead of GOD, that you want?
[37:87] "What do you
think of the Lord of the universe?"
[37:88] He looked
carefully at the stars.
[37:89] Then he gave up
and said, "I am tired of this!"
[37:90] They turned
away from him.
[37:91] He then turned
on their idols, saying, "Would you like to eat?
[37:92] "Why do
you not speak?"
[37:93] He then
destroyed them.
[37:94] They went to
him in a great rage.
[37:95] He said,
"How can you worship what you carve?
[37:96] "When GOD
has created you, and everything you make!"
[37:97] They said,
"Let us build a great fire, and throw him into it."
[37:98] They schemed
against him, but we made them the losers.
[37:99] He said,
"I am going to my Lord; He will guide me."
[37:100] "My
Lord, grant me righteous children."
[37:101] We gave him
good news of a good child.
[37:102] When he grew enough to work with him,
he said, "My son, I see in a dream that I am sacrificing you. What do you
think?" He said, "O my father, do what you are commanded to do. You
will find me, GOD willing, patient."
[37:103] They both submitted, and
he put his forehead down (to sacrifice him).
[37:104] We called
him: "O Abraham.
[37:105] "You
have believed the dream." We thus reward the righteous.
[37:106] That was an
exacting test indeed.
[37:107] We ransomed
[Ismael] by substituting an animal
sacrifice.
[37:108] And we
preserved his history for subsequent generations.
[37:109] Peace be upon
Abraham.
[37:110] We thus
reward the righteous.
[37:111] He is one of
our believing servants.
[37:112] Then we gave
him the good news about the birth of Isaac, to be one of the righteous
prophets.
[37:113] We blessed him and Isaac. Among their
descendants, some are righteous, and some are wicked transgressors.
From
Qur’an trans. Rashad Khalifa; Sura – 37, The Arrangers.[Al-Saffat] [Order of Revelation 56], http://www.submission.org/suras/sura37.html
[3/27/08].
The word
“Ishmael” is not in the Koran, but is
the Muslim interpretation of this passage.
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