And when Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the house, [they prayed]: "Our Lord! Accept from us [this act]; You are indeed the Hearing, the Knowing.
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When Adam and Eve (peace be upon them) were expelled from Heaven they met each other at the great plain known as 'Arafat, and walked until they came to the valley-floor where the present Ka'bah is located. Adam (peace be upon him) endeavored to thank his Lord, desiring to have a place similar to the column of light in heaven which was given to him to walk around (tawaf). After the great Deluge of the Prophet Noah (Nuh), this site was lost beneath the sands. The Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), following a commandment from his Lord, left his bondmaid Hagar with their son, Ishmael, at the Ka'bah. Abraham and Ishmael (peace be upon them both) together dug the sands, found the foundations of the original edifice, and rebuilt the Ka'bah upon it. The Qur'anic reference to Abraham and Ishmael's "raising the foundations of the House" denotes the building of the present-day Ka'bah. He constructed a simple building of four walls, setting a black stone in one corner of this building. Today the black stone (al-Hagar al-Aswad) still remains from the original structure of Abraham (peace be upon him).
-The Majestic Qur'an: an English Rendition of its Meanings, pg. 20
Is the name of Ismael's mother spelled the same?
ReplyDeleteIn English resources they they Hajar means hot wind, stone, stranger, or forsaken.