The Sacrificed One: Ismaeel
(AS)
ذبيح
اللّه حضرت
اسمعيل عليه
السلام
By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
الحمدلله
رب العالمين والصلوة
والسلام على اشرف
الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه وعلى
آله واصحابه وازواجه
اجمعين - امابعد
All the praises and
thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to
be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the
Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings
of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
First
and foremost, Eid-ul-Adha ‘Mubarak’ عيد
الاضحى مبارك
to all Muslims worldwide.
Having said that, we will discuss in this treatise that who was scarified? Was it {Ishmael) Ismaeel عليه اسلام or was it {Isaac} Ishâque عليه اسلام? Jews and Christians falsely claim that it was {Isaac} Ishâque عليه اسلام, using their redacted Bible, which even does not prove and/or supports their claim. Let us see what the Bible’s {Old Testament} book of Genesis say and if it support Judeo-Christian absurd claim.
{Ishmael) Ismaeel
عليه اسلام was blessed by the God before his birth as we are told in
the Bible, even his name was given by the God {Yahweh} too >>> see
***Genesis: 10-1 {"10} And the angel
of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall
not be numbered for multitude, (11) And the angel of the LORD said unto her,
Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name
Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction." <<<
Abraham
{Ibraheem ابرهيم
عليه اسلام} was
eighty-six years old when Hagar
{حاجره} bore {Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام, see Genesis 16:16, and Abraham {Ibraheem
ابرهيم عليه
اسلام} was a hundred years old when {Isaac} Ishâque
عليه اسلام was born, see ***Genesis 21:5. However, in the
Bible ***Genesis 21:8-10 is then in contradiction with ***Genesis
21:14-21 where {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام is portrayed as a
baby put on the shoulder of his mother Hagar {May
Allaah be always pleased with her حاجره} and is
called lad and child. When both [{Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام & Hagar {May
Allaah be always pleased with her حاجره}] left
{Sarah} ساره [May Allaah be always pleased with her]}:
>>>"And Abraham rose early
in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder, and the child.... Arise, left up the lad, and hold
him in thine hand...."<<< . Readers must notice that this is a profile of a baby and not of
a teenager. Nevertheless, {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام and his mother Hagar {May
Allaah be always pleased with her حاجره} left
{Sarah} ساره [May Allaah be always pleased with her]}
long before {Isaac} Ishâque عليه
اسلام was born. The question that begs for answer is that why
contradiction and why this redaction, if the Bible is the true word of God?
According
to the Islamic version, Abraham {Ibraheem
ابرهيم عليه
اسلام} took {Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام and his mother Hagar {May
Allaah be always pleased with her حاجره} and made
a new settlement in Mecca, called Paran in the
Bible {see} Genesis 21:21. This action was because of a divine
instruction given to Abraham {Ibraheem
ابرهيم عليه
اسلام} as a part of Allaah’s master plan.
So the
covenant according to the Islamic version was made and sealed between Allaah,
Abraham {Ibraheem ابرهيم
عليه اسلام} and his
>>>only son >>>
{Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام that when
{Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام was supposed to
be scarified, and on the same day were Abraham {Ibraheem
ابرهيم عليه
اسلام} and his >>>only son <<< {Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام and all the men of the household were circumcised while {Isaac}
Ishâque عليه اسلام {was not even born yet}. See
***Genesis 17:14-17. A year later Isaac was born and circumcised when he was
eight days old ***Genesis 21:4-5. Needless to point out that we have this
overwhelming evidence from the Bible itself, which Jews and Christians cannot
refute.
Mind
you that when the covenant was made and sealed (circumcision and sacrifice)
Abraham {Ibraheem ابرهيم
عليه اسلام} was
ninety-nine and {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام was thirteen
years old, whereas {Isaac} Ishâque عليه
اسلام was born a year
later when Abraham {Ibraheem ابرهيم
عليه اسلام} was hundred
years old. The descendants of {Ishmael}
Ismaeel عليه اسلام [all Muslims] since then remained faithful until today to
this covenant of circumcision.
In ***Genesis 22 it is mentioned that {Isaac}
Ishâque عليه اسلام was to be sacrificed, it is mentioned there " thine only son Isaac” rather "thine only son Ishmael", because
when {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام was thirteen
years old and {Isaac} Ishâque عليه
اسلام was not born yet.
After the birth of {Isaac} Ishâque عليه
اسلام, Abraham
{Ibraheem ابرهيم
عليه اسلام} had two sons. This redaction and name change [in the book
of Genesis, chapter 22] from {Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام to {Isaac}
Ishâque عليه اسلام was/is because of deep seated
hate and/or chauvinism of Jews against {Ishmael} Ismaeel
عليه اسلام. But
Allaah had preserved the word “only” to show us what it should have been and/or what in fact
there was in the Bible’s book of Genesis.
Glorious Qur’aan proves it as well without a shadow of doubt that the Sacrificed One [ذبيح اللّه] was/is {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه اسلام and thereafter Abraham {Ibraheem ابرهيم عليه اسلام} received the glad tiding about the birth of {Isaac} Ishâque عليه اسلام.
Surah As-Saffat 100-112
رَبِّ هَبْ
لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
(100)
فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ
بِغُلَامٍ حَلِيمٍ
(101)
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ (102)
فَلَمَّا
أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ
لِلْجَبِينِ (103)
وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ (104)
قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ (105)
إِنَّ هَذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلَاءُ الْمُبِينُ (106)
وَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ (107)
وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ (108)
سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ (109)
كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ (110)
إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (111)
وَبَشَّرْنَاهُ
بِإِسْحَاقَ نَبِيًّا
مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
(112)
"My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous."(100)
So We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing boy.(101)
And, when he (his son {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه اسلام) was old enough to walk with him, he [Abraham {Ibraheem ابرهيم عليه اسلام}] said: "O my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you (offering you in sacrifice to Allâh). So look what you think!" He said: "O my father! Do that which you are commanded, Inshâ’ Allâh (if Allâh wills), you shall find me of As-Sâbirûn (the patient)."(102)
Then, when they had both submitted themselves (to the Will of Allâh), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (or on the side of his forehead for slaughtering);(103)
We called out to him: "O Ibrâhîm! (104)
You have fulfilled the dream!" Verily thus do We reward the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See 2:112). (105)
Verily, that indeed was a manifest
trial. (106)
And We ransomed him with a great
sacrifice (i.e. كبش - a ram);(107)
And We left for him (a goodly
remembrance) among the later generations. (108)
" Salâm (peace)
be upon Ibrâhîm!"(109)
Thus indeed do We reward the Muhsinûn (good-doers - See V.2: 112). (110)
Verily, he was one of Our
believing slaves. (111)
And We gave him the glad tidings of Ishâq - a Prophet from the righteous. (112)
We now know for fact that “the
sacrificed one” (ذبيح
اللّه) is no other than {Ishmael} Ismaeel عليه
اسلام according to the Bible itself, which is
again echoed in the Glorious Qur’aan (37:100-112) cited above. I challenge
any Jew and/or Christian in this world and/or any Rabbi and/or Pastor, Priest
or Bishop to prove this fact to be wrong.
Friday, December 29, 2006