Enter Abraham…Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob Joseph.pptVIP

Enter Abraham…Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob Joseph Abraham’s Story Gazes at the sky and grasps truth of God Confronts father Azar: rejects idols “’What are these idols that you worship?’ They said, ‘We found our fathers worshiping them.’ He said, ‘Indeed you and your forefathers have clearly gone astray.’” (21:51-4) Destroys all idols except the biggest, he blames it so they will admit that idols cannot speak Abraham is saved from the fire. Promise of a son…and destruction Abraham Quran describes his as “the one who fulfilled”: He “fulfilled” his duties to God (2:124), like in Genesis he founds sacred shrines… this time in Mecca He is made “a leader (imam)” for mankind: his legacy is David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Zachariah, John, Jesus, Elijah, Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, Lot, “everyone of them we favored about the worlds.” (6:86) Established the ‘House’ of God for pilgrimage (and purify it) with his son He prays that God make this land safe and prosperous for the believers (Mecca as the ‘sacred land’) Abraham and Ishmael invoke God to make them “Muslims” to him, and to raise from their descendents a “Muslim nation” (2:128) Warning to the People of the Book God tells Abraham “submit (aslim)” and he submits, saying “I’ve submitted to the Lord of all the worlds”, and then Abraham and Jacob tell their descendents “not to die except as muslims.” (2:132) Remember the Audience!: Jacob’s children promise him to worship the one God of Abraham, but “Now those people have passed away”… when people urge you to be Christians or Jews say that you follow the God of Abraham Sacrifice “And he said: ‘Lo! I am going unto my Lord who will guide me. My Lord, grant me of the righteous.’ So We gave him tidings of a noble son. And when the son was old enough to strive with him, he said, ‘O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I sacrifice thee. So what thinkest thou?’ He said, ‘O my father, do that which thou are commanded, God willing you shall find me one of the p