11-28-2009, 11:58 PM
Quote:While Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all revere Abraham as their spiritual ancestor, each religion has a different honorific for him. For Jews he is Father Abraham. For Christians he is Father in Faith. In the Koran, the holy book of Islam, God says, “I will make thee an Imam to the Nations,” or leader to all people (Sura 2: 124)
It's a nice thing to remember him in these days, THE HAJJ days.
The Koran reports that Abraham and Isma’il raised the foundations of the House. The “house” is the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest shrine. One of the four corners of this small rectangular structure is a sacred black stone that is a remnant of the original building. The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the hajj, when Muslims from all over the world circle the Kaaba, reinforces the central role of Abraham and Ishmael in the Islamic faith, The Hajj itself is a ritual based on fallowing the footsteps of Abraham and his family
40 translation of Quran HERE
reading is the answer not burning !!
reading is the answer not burning !!