الرحلةThe Journey

إسحاق

Ishaq (AS)

Ishaq (Isaac)

Also known as: Ishak, Isaac

Dates unknown · step 10 of 28 in traditional order

Prophets Named in the Quran

Son of Ibrahim and Sarah, born in their old age as glad tidings from Allah.

The angels on their way to the people of Lut stopped at Ibrahim's house and gave him and his elderly wife Sarah the good news of a son, Ishaq, and after him a grandson, Ya'qub. Sarah laughed in wonder that she would bear a child in her old age.

Ishaq was made a prophet and one of the righteous. Through his son Ya'qub came the long line of prophets of the Children of Israel, including Musa, Dawud, Sulayman and 'Isa.

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Life journey

  1. Associated Hebron (al-Khalil) الخليل
    Lived in the land of Canaan; buried in Hebron according to tradition.

In the Quran

11:69-73 21:72-73 37:112-113 51:24-30

Places in their life

al-Haram al-Ibrahimi, Hebron
al-Haram al-Ibrahimi, Hebron
Photo: Madosophy Ahmad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • The Quran (Hud 11:69–73; al-Anbiya' 21:72–73; al-Saffat 37:112–113; al-Dhariyat 51:24–30)
  • Ibn Kathir, Qasas al-Anbiya'
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.