[Uri’el-2012]

Actually, Muslims say that there is but one God, the God of Abraham. Their name for the one God is Allah.

How do they trace themselves back to Abraham ?

And thus to the God of Abraham ?

[Natural Law]

"How do they trace themselves back to Abraham ?"

In the Koran as in the Old Testament Ishmael is the first-born son of Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic) his concubine Hagar, and as an appointed prophet and messenger ("Rasul") of God. It was Ishmael that God ordered sacrificed.

Ishmael, through his son Nebaioth (Nabit), is the ancestor of Adnani Arabs. His descendants include the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Both Ishmael and Isaac were present at the burial of their father, Abraham.

[Cronos]

NL: Actually, Muslims say that there is but one God, the God of Abraham. Their name for the one God is Allah.

Uri: How do they trace themselves back to Abraham ?

They say that Ishmael is the ancestor of Mo and the Nejd Arabian bedouin tribes. They say that HAgar and Ishmael went to what is now Mecca and the place where they found water is now the well Zam-Zam. Also, they say that Abraham came to Mecca and laid the foundations of the Ka'aba (the big black box tent they worship)