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:bigyikes:Well, the writers of the Quran did not know until late that Ishmael was Abraham’s son. This is why they repetitively referred to Jacob as Abraham’s second son!Pay attention to the verses below:
EARLY PERIOD OF THE QURAN: ABRAHAM’S TWO SONS WERE ISAAC AND JACOB NO ISHMAEL!!!
6: 84 We gave him Ishaq and Ya’qub: all (three) We guided: and before him, We guided Nuh, and among his progeny, Dawud, Sulaiman, Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun: thus do We reward those who do good.
29: 27 And we gave (Ibrahim) Ishaq and Ya’qub, and ordained among his progeny Prophethood and Revelation, and We granted him his reward in this life; and he was in the Hereafter (of the company) of the Righteous.
38: 45 And commemorate Our Servants Ibrahim, Ishaq, and Ya’qub, possessors of Power and Vision.
14: 39 "Praise be to Allah. Who hath granted unto me in old age Isma’il and Ishaq: for truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer!
In Medina period, nevertheless, Muhammed’s scribes always added Ishmael to Abraham’s progeny although sometimes it caused bigger mistakes:
MEDINA PERIOD: ABRAHAM’S SONS ARE ISHMAEL AND ISAAC. (ISHMAEL IS ISAAC’S FATHER!)
2: 133 Were ye witnesses when Death appeared before Ya’qub? Behold he said to his sons: “What will ye worship after me?” They said: “We shall worship thy God and the God of thy fathers, - of Ibrahim, Isma’il and Ishaq, - the One (True) God: to Him we bow (in Islam).”
2: 136 Say ye: “We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub, and the Tribes, and that given to Musa and 'Isa, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them: and we bow to Allah (in Islam).”
**2: 140 **Or do ye say that Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Do ye know better than Allah? Ah! who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony they have from Allah? But Allah is not unmindful of what ye do!
3: 84 Say: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Musa, 'Isa, and the Prophets, from their Lord: we make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam).”
4: 163 We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Nuh and the Messengers after him: We sent inspiration to Ibrahim, Isma’il, Ishaq, Ya’qub, and the Tribes, to 'Isa, Ayyub, Yunus, Harun, and Sulaiman, and to Dawud We gave the Psalms.
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Remember also Our servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – men of might they and of vision. Assuredly We purified them with a quality most pure, the remembrance of the Abode, and in Our sight they are of the chosen, the excellent. S. 38:45-47
No one would have a problem in understanding that the above text means that Abraham fathered Isaac who begot Jacob.This is how it was ordered in the Bible:
The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…Exodus 3:16
Abraham begot Isaac who begot Jacob, who had twelve sons that became the nation or children of Israel.
“You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed.”
That’s when wedon’t find Ishmael in the same cnsequence, since it’s father -son -grandson consequence. Yet in quran:
And Abraham charged his sons with this and Jacob likewise: ‘My sons, God has chosen for you the religion; see that you die not save in surrender.’ Why, were you witnesses, when death came to Jacob? When he said to his sons, ‘What will you serve after me?’ They said, **'We will serve thy God and the God of thy fathers Abraham, *Ishmael ***and Isaac,
Since Ishmael wasn’t one of the progenitors of Jacob, the Quran is wrong since the expression “Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” refers to Israel’s ancestry. More specifically, the expression refers to biological relations shared by the three in that Abraham fathered Isaac who in turn fathered Jacob. The expression clearly refers to father, son and grandson. Reading the statements of the Quran we are left to conclude that the author thought that Abraham fathered Ishmael who in turn begot Isaac who then fathered Jacob.
‘What will you worship after me?’ They answered, ‘We will worship thy God, the God of thy fathers, Abraham and ***Ishmael ***and Isaac, the One God; and to HIM we submit ourselves.’ 2:133
Or do you say, ‘Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob, and the Tribes 2:130
Furthermore, what kind of wrong chronology is this:
We have revealed to thee as We revealed to Noah, and the Prophets after him, and We revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, Jesus and Job, Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and We gave to David Psalms, S. 4:163
God wouldn’t have said such a wrong sentence.