Ishmael: Difference between revisions

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*Both Judaism and Islam see him as the ancestor of Arabian peoples. {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Lindsay|title=Encyclopedia of religion|date=2005|publisher=Macmillan Reference USA|isbn=9780028657400|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jMOAQAAMAAJ&q=Ishmael|language=en}}

*Ishmael is recognized by Muslims as the ancestor of several prominent Arabian[[Tribes of Arabia|tribes]] and as the forefather of Muhammad. ''A–Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism'', Wheeler, ''Ishmael'' Muslims also believe that Muhammad was the descendant of Ishmael that would establish a great nation, as promised by [[God in Abrahamic religions|God]] in the [[Old Testament]].*{{bibleverse|Genesis|17:20|HE}}{{cite book|title=A Muslim primer: beginner's guide to Islam, Volume 2|last=Zeep|first=Ira G.|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|year=2000|isbn=978-1-55728-595-9|page=5}}