Translation: "Praise be to Allah, Who have granted unto me in old
age Isma´il and Isaac: for truly my Lord is He, the
Hearer of Prayer! 1917
Commentary:
1917 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born (Gen. 21:5); and as Isma'il
was 13 years old when Abraham was 99, (Gen. 17:24-25), Isma'il was also a son of
his father's old age, having been born when Abraham was 86 years old. The
younger son's progeny developed the Faith of Israel and that of Christ; the elder
son's progeny perfected the more universal Faith of Islam, the Faith of Abraham
the True.
1917 Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born (Gen. 21:5); and as Isma'il was 13 years old when Abraham was 99, (Gen. 17:24-25), Isma'il was also a son of his father's old age, having been born when Abraham was 86 years old. The younger son's progeny developed the Faith of Israel and that of Christ; the elder son's progeny perfected the more universal Faith of Islam, the Faith of Abraham the True.