{"title":"The Sacrifice of Ismail by His Father Ibrahim (Alayhi As-Salam): An Example of Surrender for Today's Children and Parents","authors":"H. Çaksen","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1762922","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ismail (Ishmael) is the son of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham, Alayhi As-Salam [AS]), born from his wife, Hajar (Hagar).1 In the Quran, Ismail is mentioned with features such as a docile boy, faithful to his word, patient, surrendering, pleasing in the sight of Allah, commanding salah and zakat, a resul, and a nabi.2,3However, the Quran rejects the belief that Ismail, like Ibrahim, Ishaq (Isaac), Yakub (Jacob), and the Tribes is also Jewish or Christian.4 The story of Ibrahim (AS) sacrificing his son is described in surah As-Saffat of the Quran.3 Herein, we discuss the story of Ismail’s sacrifice by his father from Islamic perspective to draw attention to the importance of spirituality for children with neuromuscular disorders followed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and their parents. Ibrahim (AS) saw in his dream that he sacrificed his 7year-old son Ismail. He had this dream three nights (tarwiyah, arafah, and eid-al-adha nights) in a row. Dreams of prophets are revelation. So, it was an order of Allah that had to be fulfilled.5,6 He said to Ismail: “My chuck! Take a rope and a big knife. Then, let’s go to the Sabir mountain.” (Also known as Jabal Umm Şabir, this mountain is in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.)7 He never spoke of what his Lord had commanded him. The following conversation took place between Ibrahim (AS) and Ismail on Sabir mountain6:","PeriodicalId":16729,"journal":{"name":"Journal of pediatric neurology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of pediatric neurology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1762922","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ismail (Ishmael) is the son of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham, Alayhi As-Salam [AS]), born from his wife, Hajar (Hagar).1 In the Quran, Ismail is mentioned with features such as a docile boy, faithful to his word, patient, surrendering, pleasing in the sight of Allah, commanding salah and zakat, a resul, and a nabi.2,3However, the Quran rejects the belief that Ismail, like Ibrahim, Ishaq (Isaac), Yakub (Jacob), and the Tribes is also Jewish or Christian.4 The story of Ibrahim (AS) sacrificing his son is described in surah As-Saffat of the Quran.3 Herein, we discuss the story of Ismail’s sacrifice by his father from Islamic perspective to draw attention to the importance of spirituality for children with neuromuscular disorders followed in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and their parents. Ibrahim (AS) saw in his dream that he sacrificed his 7year-old son Ismail. He had this dream three nights (tarwiyah, arafah, and eid-al-adha nights) in a row. Dreams of prophets are revelation. So, it was an order of Allah that had to be fulfilled.5,6 He said to Ismail: “My chuck! Take a rope and a big knife. Then, let’s go to the Sabir mountain.” (Also known as Jabal Umm Şabir, this mountain is in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.)7 He never spoke of what his Lord had commanded him. The following conversation took place between Ibrahim (AS) and Ismail on Sabir mountain6:
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The Journal of Pediatric Neurology is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed medical journal publishing articles in the fields of childhood neurology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric neuroradiology, child psychiatry and pediatric neuroscience. The Journal of Pediatric Neurology, the official journal of the Society of Pediatric Science of the Yüzüncü Yil University in Turkiye, encourages submissions from authors throughout the world. The following articles will be considered for publication: editorials, original and review articles, rapid communications, case reports, neuroimage of the month, letters to the editor and book reviews.