Gunner said:
Hi, i am currently writting a scolarly paper, and i've been searching through the Qu'ran, for quite sometime, for any quotes about Muslims being the true children of Abraham, and claims of fallacies (or misinterpretations) within the other 2 monothestic texts, and belief. Anyone got anything?
H|,
Ishmael and Isaac (peace be upon them both) are both the children of Abraham (pbuh).
Both were given thier covenants. We believe in all the messengers. Some relevant verses from the Qur'an:
3:65. Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel Were not revealed Till after him? Have ye no understanding?
3:66. Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye had some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and ye who know not!
3:67. Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah's (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
3:68. Without doubt, among men, the nearest of kin to Abraham, are those who follow him, as are also this Prophet and those who believe: And Allah is the Protector of those who have faith.
3:84. Say: "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il [ishmael], Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)."
4:163. We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms.
Yusuf Ali's Quran Translation was used in the above verses.
There are many other similar verses.
Hope this helps.
And Allah knows best.