{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl06_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl06_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_isl_isl06_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/isl/isl06.htm","summary":"Abraham: The Patriarch Abraham, ancestor of the Semites, is seen in the Qur\u2019\u0101n as the prototype of the Muslim; it is implied that he arrived at monotheism by pure reason before the revelation came. With his first-born, Ishmael, he built the Temple of the Ka\u2018ba at Bekka, or Mecca, and instituted the rites of pilgrimage. While he has been claimed by both the Jews and the Christians, he did not belong to either of these religions, it is said; he was simply a man who submitted himself to God: a\u2026","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Islam: Chapter One: The Qur\u2019\u0101n: The Word of God: 2. He Speaks Through the Prophets","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1774}