The story of Abraham and the sacrifice of his son is of profound significance and the best way of obtaining the deepest knowledge of its meaning is to go through the life of Abraham from the very time that this son was promised to him to the end when this son became the progenitor of a great nation. When Abraham was seventy-five years old, God spoke to him and said: Go from your country and your kindred and your fathers house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless them selves. (Genesis 12.1-3). The Quran confirms that God gave this great promise to Abraham that he would be the father of many nations: Lo: I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Surah 2.124)
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