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THE PROPHETS OF ISLAM
PROPHET
ISHAQ
Ishaq
was bom to Sarah the first wife of Ibrahim nine years after the birth of Ismail
to Hajirah. In fact the news of the birth of the second son was given to
Ibrahim after passing the trial of the sacrifice of his son Ismail in Mina'.
Ishaq lived in Kin'an and was appointed prophet towards his people by
Allah. He had two sons, who were
twins. They were named Issau and
Ya'qub (Jacob). Banu Israil are named after Ya'qub who was also known as Israil.
References: al Qur'an: Sura Baqarah,
An'am, Yusuf, Amubiya', Sa'ffat, Jinn.