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3447 Isaac was Abraham's son and Jacob his grandson, and among his progeny was included Isma'il the eldest son of
Abraham. Each of these became a fountain-head of Prophecy and Revelation, Isaac and Jacob through Moses, and
Isma'il through the holy Prophet Muhammad. Jacob got the name of "Israel" at Bethel: Gen. 32:28; 35:10, and his
progeny got the title of "The Children of Israel". (29.27)
3448 Cf xxix. 9, and iv. 69, n. 586. (29.27)
6:84 - We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) We guided: and before him We guided Noah and
before him We guided Noah and among his progeny David Solomon Job Joseph Moses and
Aaron: thus do We reward those who do good: 903904
903 We have now a list of eighteen Apostles in four groups, covering the great Teachers accepted among the three great
religions based on Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. The first group to be mentioned is that of Abraham, his son Issac,
and Isaac's son Jacob. Abraham was the first to have a Book. His Book is mentioned in Q. lxxxvii. 19, though it is now
lost. They were therefore the first to receive Guidance in the sense of a Book. (6.84)
904 In the second group, we have the great founders of families, apart from Abraham, viz., Noah of the time of the Flood;
David and Solomon, the real establishers of the Jewish monarchy; Job, who lived 140 years, saw four generations of
descendants, and was blessed at the end of his life with large pastoral wealth (Job xlii. 16,12); Joseph, who as
Minister of State did great things in Egypt and ws the progenitor of two Tribes; and Moses and Aaron, the leaders of
the Exodus from Egypt. They led active lives and called "doers of good." (6.84)
12:4 - Behold Joseph said to his father: "O my father! I did see eleven stars and the sun and the
moon: I saw them prostrate themselves to me!" 16321633
1632 For the Parable all that is necessary to know about Joseph is that he was one of the Chosen Ones of Allah. For the
story it is necessary to set down a few more details. His father was Jacob, also called Israel the son of Isaac, the
younger son of Abraham, (the elder son having been Isma'il, whose story is told in ii. 124-129. Abraham may be
called the Father of the line of Semitic prophecy. Jacob had four wives. From three of them he had ten sons. In his old
age he had from Rachel (Arabic Rahil), a very beautiful woman, two sons Joseph and Benjamin (the youngest). The
place where Jacob and his family and his flocks were located was in Canaan, and is shown by tradition near modern
Nablus (ancient Shechem), some thirty miles north of Jerusalem. The traditional site of the well into which Joseph was
thrown by his brothers is still shown in the neighbourhood. (12.4)
11:71 - And his wife was standing (there) and she laughed: but We gave her glad tidings of Isaac
and after him of Jacob. 1567
1567 The narrative is very concise, and most of the details are taken for granted. We may suppose that the angels gave the
news first to Abraham, who was already, according to Gen. xxi 5, a hundred years of age, and his wife Sarah was not
far short of ninety (Gen. xvii. 7). She was probably screened. She could hardly believe the news. In her scepticism
(some say in her joy) she laughed. But the news was formally communicated to her that she was to be the mother of
Isaac, and through Isaac, the grandmother of Jacob. Jacob was to be a fruitful tree, with his twelve sons. But hitherto
Abraham had had no son by her, and Sarah was past the age of child-bearing. "How could it be?" she thought.
(11.71)
JESUS CHRIST:(Esa)
3:3 - It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step) in truth the Book confirming what went before it;
and He sent down Law (Of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this as a guide to
mankind and He sent down the Criterion (of judgment between right and wrong). 344345
3:45 - Behold! the angels said "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name
will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of (the
company of) those nearest to Allah. 386387
386 Christ : Greek, Christos=anointed : kings and priests were anointed to symbolise consecration to their office. The
Hebrew and Arabic form is Masih. (3.45)
387 Nearest to God : Muqarrabin. Cf. Q. lvi, 11. (3.45)
3:46 - "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity and he shall be (of the company)
of the righteous." 388
388 The ministry of Jesus lasted only about three years, from 30 to 33 years of his age, when in the eyes of his enemies
he was crucified. But the Gospel of Luke (ii. 46) describes him as disputing with the doctors in the Temple at the age
of 12, and even earlier, as a child, he was "strong in spirit, filled with wisdom" (Luke ii. 40). Some apocyphal Gospels
describe him as preaching from infancy. (3.46)
3:47 - She said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said:
"Even so: Allah createth what He willeth; when He hath decreed a plan He but saith to it `Be'
and it is! 389
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