When i examine the beautiful stories narrated by Allah (Majesty is His), two capture my heart in a manner that i could for lack of adequate word of description 'engagingly-beautiful'. of all the Prophets and Messengers from Allah mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an; Prophet Ibrahim's (Abraham) family life is full of life and it's lessons. The other is the story of Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) personal life and his siblings.
In The Name of Allah The Eternally Merciful The Especially Merciful
In this edition, it is my desire to focus on Prophet Ibrahim (a.s), his wives and sons linking the steadfastness of these noble family to the issue of Faith and Trust in Allah.
Prophet Ibrahim a.s was known to have suffered so much of life travails and, despite all of the challenges , he never falter in his belief and trust in Allah.
The story of any Prophet or Messenger from Allah is better narrated from the point of view of the Glorious Qur'an.
The first wife had a delay conceiving. The Angel branch at the Home of Prophet Ibrahim on their way to announce to Prophet Lot his Cousin that Sodomy and Gomorrah will be destroyed due to the people of lot loving obscene thing.
Before leaving they inform prophet Ibrahim that he will have a Son. His wife overheard the conversation and she mockingly laughed at the announcement of the Messengers of Allah, for obvious reasons.
1. Her husband is elderly and she was then the only wife
2. she is also aged and well above child bearing age. even if there is going to be a child, it "cannot" be from her, she reasoned.
The two Angels left and time passed, here are the subsequent events:
*Allah put it into the mind of Saarata (Seerah), the only wife then; to encourage her husband to marry the second wife.
*Hajjara (Hagar) was married to Ibrahim a.s; get pregnant and had the first child for Prophet Ibrahim
*Thirteen years plus after the announcement of the Angels; when Ishmael the first son have been tried and test and passed the test;
*The first wife then conceived and gave Ibrahim a.s the second son.
Moral of the story:
when Allah s.w.t decide to favour you with whatever He has promised
Never let it pass through your mind that it is not possible
if at Saraata feels she is too old at 70 plus; what happened when thirteen years plus was added to 70+ years.
That is what miracle is all about. Only the owner of the Heavens and the Earth is able to do that. The two Children were blessed and Islam was established through them.
All the first-set of Messengers and Prophets from Allah s.w.t were sent through Isaq (Isaac) a.s;
The Second Son of Ibrahim a.s which happen to be the first child of the first wife Saarata; while the last of the Messengers, Muhammad PBUH, came through the genealogy of Ishmael a.s the first Son from the second wife Hajara; Ishmael happen to be the first child of Prophet Ibrahim
there was a gap of more than thirteen years between the first child of Prophet Ibrahim a.s and the second child
Enjoy your reading
To be followed up later.
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