{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/grp02.htm","path":"isl/pro/grp02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pro/grp02.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\nIslam\u00a0\nIndex\u00a0\nPrevious\u00a0\nNext\u00a0\nIshmael, Other Than The Son of Abraham (PUT)\nIt is mentioned that he is other than the son of Abraham, the friend of\nGod (PUH) but it is possibly the son of Ezekiel the prophet was mentioned\nbefore, the one who resurrected the dead people by the permission of God\nand the owner of the bright miracles and the one whose prays are answered\nand hard working for God, and as attributed to Al-S\u00e2diq (PUH) that\nhe said: Ishmael that God said about him in His holy book: And make mention\nin the Scripture of Ishmael. Lo! he was a keeper of his promise, and he\nwas a messenger (of Allah), a prophet(Mariam:54), he was not Ishmael the\nson of Abraham but he was a prophet that God sent to his people and they\ntook him and skinned his head and his face, so then an angel came to him\nand said: God the Almighty sent me to you so order me with whatever you\nwant, so then he answered: this is to be done to me like it will be done\nwith Al-Husain ben `Ali (PUT), and in other narrations he said \"like it\nwill be done to the prophets.\" As reported by Al-K\u00e2fi from Al-S\u00e2diq\n(PUH) he said: he was called \"keeper of his promise\" because he promised\na man in a place so he waited for him there for one year, and so God called\nhim \"keeper of his promise\" and then the man came to him after that and\nIshmael said to him: I am still waiting for you.\nAs attributed to Al-Ridh\u00e2 (PUH) he said what has the meaning\nin general: he had promised someone with a certain promise and waited for\nhim for one year and he is Ishmael ben Ezekiel, and God praised him again\nby saying: He enjoined upon his people worship and almsgiving, and was\nacceptable in the sight of his Lord(Mariam:55). In a narration attributed\nto Zayd Al-`Ajli from Al-S\u00e2diq (PUH) and it is a long one about someone\nthat asked him (PUH) about Ishmael the keeper of his promise, he answered:\nhe is Ishmael ben Ezekiel the prophet, the one that was sent to his people\nbut they disbelieved in him and killed him and skinned his face, so then\nGod had the wrath upon them and He sent down Sat\u00e2t\u00e2'eel, the\nangel of torture, and he said to him (Ishmael): O Ishmael, I am the angel\nof torture and directed by the Lord of Exaltness to you to torture your\nfolks as you like, and then Ishmael said: no need for that O Sat\u00e2t\u00e2'eel,\nthen God inspired to him: what do you need O Ishmael? Then Ishmael said:\nO Lord, You had the covenant for Yourself for being a God, and for Muhammad\nto be a prophet, and for his viceroys to be leaders and You told Your creatures\nabout what will happen to Al-Husain ben `Ali after the prophet, and You\npromised Al-Husain that he will be back into life again to take revenge\nfor what had been done to him, so my need to You O Lord is to let me back\ninto life again to take revenge from those who did that to me as You would\nturn Al-Husain back into life again, and God then promised Ishmael ben\nEzekiel to do that, and he will be back with Al-Husain ben `Ali (PUT).\nNext: Elias (Elijah) and Alyasa` (Elisha) (PUT)","title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Elias, Elisha, Ishmael and Balaam: Ishmael, Other Than The Son of Abraham (PUT)","type":"page"}