From Isaac come the Jewish people, from Ishmael comes Islam—so the story goes, and Hagar’s narrative is read as if it prophesies tanks and bombs and perpetual strife. There are other possibilities.

Of the very few things on which Islam and Judaism differ ... of the less-than-warm relationship between Sarah (the mother of Isaac) and Hagar (the mother of Ishmael). Some sages try to explain Sarah’s ...

What are the stories told about Abraham in the Qur'an? Many of the stories in the Qur'an that relate to Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael are about their flights from Sarah and also about Abraham trying ...

The tenth and final trial according to Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, was the binding of Isaac and the terrible discovery that while Abraham and Isaac were away, Sarah had died. Not being at Sarah’s side ...

Abraham is an important figure in Christianity, Islam and Judaism ... to have a child with her servant Hagar. Hagar and Abraham had a son called Ishmael. This was not what God had promised ...

For Muslims, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam. It occurs in the month of ... was instructed to bring his wife, Hajira (Hagar) and their child Is'mail to Arabia from Palestine ...