فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ ١٠١
So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.
Quran verses about Ishmael (Ismaʿil)
إسماعيل عليه السلام
16 verses in 9 surahs · 8 subtopics
Granted to Abraham in his old age, patient in trial and submissive to Allah’s decree, Ishmael is presented in these verses as the son offered for sacrifice. They recall that he raised the foundations of the House with his father, that monotheism was his religion, that he is among the best, preferred over the worlds, and that belief in what was revealed to him is required.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 16
- First in mention and in the order of revelation, he is therefore the one offered for sacrifice 7
- Monotheism was his religion 2
- Patient in trial and submissive to the divine decree 2
- Raising the foundations of the House with his father 2
- Among the excellent, favoured above the worlds 4
- Granted to his father Abraham in old age 2
- The obligation to believe in what was revealed to him 3
- Ishmael 12
Patient in trial and submissive to the divine decree · 2 verses
فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ ١٠٣
And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,
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