Although this person lived long before Muhammad, Surah Al Imran, Ayah 67 refers to this figure as "neither a Jew nor a Christian" but "an upright man" and "a Muslim."
Although this person lived long before Muhammad, Surah Al Imran, Ayah 67 refers to this figure as "neither a Jew nor a Christian" but "an upright man" and "a Muslim." He's not Moses, but this man responded to a certain command from God with the word hineni, or "here I am." In Hebrews 11 and Acts 7 this man is given as an example of great faith, because he obeyed when God told him to (*) "Leave your country and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you." In Luke, faithful Jews are called "sons" or "daughters" of this man, and in a prayer that observant Jews say 3 times a day, God is mentioned as the God of this man, his son, and Jacob. This was the first person to be circumcised, and he nearly sacrificed his son Isaac to God. For 10 points, name this father of Judaism.
Although this person lived long before Muhammad, Surah Al Imran, Ayah 67 refers to this figure as "neither a Jew nor a Christian" but "an upright man" and "a Muslim."
Abraham [or Ibrahim or Abram] 