Editing Abraham in Islam (section)

{{Short description|Islamic view of Abraham}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = File:Hebron, Cave of Machpela (14393237461).jpg
| caption            = Exterior view of the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]] in the [[Old City of Hebron]], the [[Holy Land]]
| honorific_prefix   = {{smaller|[[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Prophet]]}}
| name               = ʾIbrāhīm <br /> {{lang|ar|إِبْرَاهِيْمُ}} <br /> [[Abraham]]
| other_names        = ''Khalīlullāh'' (Friend of God)
| birth_name         = Ibrahim ibn Tarakh{{efn|Some Sunni and Shia scholars argue that Abraham's father's was not Azar, and instead that his father was a [[Mumin|believer]] named Tarakh, while Azar was Abraham's uncle}}
| birth_place        = [[Ur of the Chaldees|Ur al-Chaldees]], [[Mesopotamia|Bilād
ar-Rāfidayn]]
| birth_date         = 1996 [[Before the Common Era|BCE]]
| known_for          = *Being an ancestor of the [[Ishmaelites]] and the [[Israelites]]
*Building the [[Kaaba]]
| death_place        = 1821 [[Before the Common Era|BCE]] (aged 175) [[Hebron]], [[Syria (region)|Shaam]]
| resting_place      = [[Cave of the Patriarchs#Islam|Ibrahimi Mosque]], Hebron
| children           = [[Ishmael in Islam|Isma'il]] ([[Ishmael]]), [[Isaac in Islam|Isḥaq]] ([[Isaac]])
| parents            = [[Terah#Islamic tradition|Tarakh]] (father)<ref name="ReferenceA">''[[Tafsir al-Alusi|Roohul Ma'ani]]'', 7/194,95.</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">''[[Tafsir Ibn Kathir]],'' vol. 2, p. 100.</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">''[[Al-Dur al-Manthur]],'' vol. 3, p. 43.</ref><ref name="Niazi">{{Cite web |last=Niazi |first=Yama |date=2022-10-06 |title=Will All Believers and Their Non-Muslim Parents Be Forgiven? |url=https://seekersguidance.org/answers/islamic-belief/will-all-believers-and-their-non-muslim-parents-be-forgiven/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615104746/https://seekersguidance.org/answers/islamic-belief/will-all-believers-and-their-non-muslim-parents-be-forgiven/ |archive-date=2023-06-15 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Seekers Guidance |language=en |quote=The Prophet Ibrahim’s actual father was a Muslim. His name is given as Tarakh by historians.}}</ref> Mahalath (mother)
| predecessor        = [[Salih]]
| successor          = [[Lot in Islam|Lut]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* [[Hagar in Islam|Hajar]] ([[Hagar]]),
* [[Sarah#Islam|Sarah]],
* [[Keturah]] }}
| relatives          = Azar (Father)<br>[[Lot in Islam|Lut]] (nephew)
}}

[[Abraham]]{{Efn|{{langx|ar|إِبْرَاهِيْمُ|ʾIbrāhīm}}; {{IPA|ar|ʔɪbraːˈhiːm}}; the name appears in early Quranic manuscripts in two different spellings, either أبرهَم (Abraham) or إبرهيم (Ibrahim)}} was a [[prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet and messenger]]<ref name="Sajjadi 2015">{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Sajjadi |author-first=Sadeq |year=2015 |orig-date=2008 |title=Abraham |translator-last=Negahban |translator-first=Farzin |editor1-last=Madelung |editor1-first=Wilferd |editor2-last=Daftary |editor2-first=Farhad |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Islamica |volume=1 |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |doi=10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0028 |isbn=978-90-04-16860-2 |issn=1875-9823}}</ref><ref>{{qref|87|19|b=y}}</ref> of [[God in Islam|God]] according to Islam, and an ancestor to the [[Ishmaelites#Quran|Ishmaelite Arabs]] and [[Twelve Tribes of Israel#In Islam|Israelites]].<ref name="Sajjadi 2015"/><ref name=bbc>{{cite news |last=Siddiqui |first=Mona |author-link=Mona Siddiqui |title=Ibrahim – the Muslim view of Ibrahim |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/ibrahim.shtml |work=Religions |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in [[Judaism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]].<ref name="Sajjadi 2015"/> In [[Muslim]] belief, Abraham fulfilled all the commandments and trials wherein God nurtured him throughout his lifetime. As a result of his unwavering faith in [[God in Islam|God]], Abraham was promised by God to be a leader to all the nations of the world.<ref name="q2s124">{{qref|2|124|b=y}}</ref> The [[Quran]] extols Abraham as a model, an exemplar, obedient and not an idolater.<ref>{{qref|16|120|b=y}}</ref> In this sense, Abraham has been described as representing "primordial man in universal surrender to the Divine Reality before its fragmentation into religions separated from each other by differences in form".<ref name="Glasse" />{{rp|18}} Muslims believe that the [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]] was built by Abraham and his son [[Ishmael]] as the first house of worship on earth. The Islamic holy day '[[Eid ul-Adha]] is celebrated in commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's command, as well as the end of the [[Hajj]] pilgrimage to the Kaaba.<ref name="Glasse">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Glassé |first=Cyril |title=Kaaba |encyclopedia=The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam |publisher=[[HarperSanFrancisco]], Suhail Academy |year=1991 |chapter=Abraham |pages=18–19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlPuAAAAMAAJ |isbn=0-0606-3126-0}}</ref>

Muslims believe that Abraham became the leader of the righteous in his time and that it was through him that [[Adnanite]]-[[Arabs]] and [[Israelites]] came. Abraham, in the belief of Islam, was instrumental in cleansing the world of [[Shirk (Islam)|idolatry]] at the time. [[Paganism]] was cleared out by Abraham in both the [[Arabian peninsula]] and [[Canaan]]. He spiritually purified both places as well as physically sanctifying the houses of worship. Abraham and [[Ishmael in Islam|Isma'il]] ([[Ishmael]]) further established the rites of [[pilgrimage]],<ref>{{qref|2|128|b=y}}</ref> or ''[[Ḥajj]]'' ('Pilgrimage'), which are still followed by Muslims today. Muslims maintain that Abraham further asked God to bless both the lines of his progeny, of Isma'il and [[Isaac in Islam|Isḥaq]] ([[Isaac]]), and to keep all of his descendants in the protection of God.

{{Islamic prophets|Prophets in the Quran}}