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hyokkim · 6/3/2025, 4:17:59 PM · permalink

Dude, you're talking like a lawyer; God tested Abraham.  
  
The sacrifice of a Son

Genesis 22:1-2 states – ‘Sometime later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”:

“Here I am,” he replied. Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”

As Hazrat Ishmael (as) grew older, the Holy Qur’an 37:103 states –

‘And when he was old enough to work with him, he said, “O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering thee. So consider what thou thinkest of it!’ He replied, ‘O my father, do as thou art commanded, thou wilt find me, if Allah please, of those who are patient.’

The Holy Qur’an and the Bible disagree as to which of his two sons – Ishmael (as) and Isaac (as) – Abraham, in pursuance of God’s command, offered for sacrifice. The Qur’an says that it was Ishmael (as), but, according to the Bible, it was Isaac (as), The Bible, speaking of the sacrifice says, ‘And he said, ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac and get there to the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I tell thee of.”

The Qur’an, on the other hand, declares clearly and unequivocally, that it was Ishmael (as) who was offered for sacrifice. The Bible, however, contradicts itself in this respect. According to it, Abraham (as) was commanded to offer his only son for sacrifice, but Isaac (as) was at no time his only son. As stated earlier, Ishmael (as) was born to Abraham (as) when he was 86 years old while Isaac (as) was born to him when he had reached the advanced age of 99 years. Thus for 13 years Ishmael was Abraham’s only son, and being also his first born, was doubly dear to him, It stands to reason, therefore, that Abraham (as) must have been required by God to offer for sacrifice his nearest and dearest thing which was his only and first-born son, who was Ishmael (as).

Apart from the substitution in the Bible of Isaac (as) for Ishmael (as) which seems to be deliberate, and of Moriah for Marwah, an hillock which lies in the vicinity of Makkah near which Abraham (as), in fulfilment of a vision, left Ishmael (as) with his mother while yet a child, there is nothing in the Bible to lend the slightest support to the view that Abraham (as) offered Isaac (as) for sacrificed and not Ishmael (as). Whereas no trace is to be found in the religious ceremonies of Jews and Christians of the supposed sacrifice of Isaac (as) by Abraham (as), Muslims, who are the spiritual descendants of Ishmael (as), commemorate his intended sacrifice by slaughtering every year animals such as rams and goats all over the world on the tenth day of Dhu’l-Hijjah. \[1\]

The Holy Qur’an agrees with the Bible that Abraham (as) was told in a dream to sacrifice his only son. Dreams require interpretation, and this dream meant that one day, Abraham (as) would be asked to offer the sacrifice of his son.

The true meaning and reality of the dream was not that he should sacrifice his son in the manner in which he had seen himself doing, but that both he and his son should be ready and willing to make a great sacrifice to win the pleasure of God.

It was only a practical demonstration of Abraham’s (as) intention and preparedness to sacrifice his son that was asked of him. He truly was prepared to submit to the will of God even though it meant the loss of his only beloved child. His trust in God was absolute.  
  
https://www.reviewofreligions.org/39294/abrahams-sacrifice-according-to-christianity-and-islam/

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