Isma'il
Known in English as Ishmael
The son who answered "do as you are commanded", and who raised the foundations of the Ka‘bah with his father.
إسماعيل
What the Quran relates
- 1Left with his mother in the valley of Makkah
- 2His response to the vision
- 3Building the Ka‘bah with Ibrahim
What is drawn from it
- Consent freely given transforms obedience
- Patience is named as his defining quality