1 - Honored Status

* Allah took him as an intimate friend [4:125]
* Was a leader, devoutly obedient [16:120]
* Possessed strength and vision [38:45-47]
* Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was once addressed by a man, “O best of creation!” He replied, “That is Abraham.” [Muslim]
* family of Abraham as chosen [3:33]
* Prophethood and scripture in his descendants [29:27, 57:26]
* Received revelation [53:37, 87:19]

2 - His Religion

* Abraham’s religion the only valid religion [2:130-132]
* Torah and Injil revealed only after him [3:65-68]
* Who is best in religion? [4:125]
* Muhammad told to follow the religion of Abraham [16:123] and guided to correct religion, the way of Abraham [6:161]

3 - His Message and Preaching

* Did not associate others with Allah [16:121]
* Rational Monotheism and refutation of astral worship [6:74-83]
* Reasoning with idolatrous father and people, destruction of the idols, and torture by fire [19:41-50, 21:51-73, 26:69-89, 29:16-18, 29:24-27]
* His last words before ebing thrown into the Fire [Bukhari, cf. 3:173]
* Dialog with an arrogant king [2:258]
* Is granted a demonstration of resurrection (4 birds) [2:260]
* Separation from polytheism and its people [43:26-28, 60:4-6, 9:114]
* Delivered with Lot to the land which God blessed for all peoples [21:71]

4 - His Family

* Abraham and Sarah encounter an evil king, who attempts to take Sarah. [Bukhari]
* Abraham leaves Hagar and Ishmael in Makkah [14:37]
* Hagar seeks water, desparately running to and fro, until Gabriel brings succor: the Well of Zamzam [Bukhari]
* Supplication for protection from idolatry, material and spiritual welfare of offspring, … [14:35-41]
* Angelic guests and tidings of Isaac and Jacob [11:69-76, 15:51-60, 29:31-32, 51:24-34]
* The people of Lot [11:77-82, 15:61-77, 29:33-35, 51:35-37,…]

The Sacrifice

* The sacrifice [37:83-113]
* Who was the son that was (almost) sacrificed?
* The covenant [2:124]
* Circumcision [Bukhari]

Visits to Arabia

* Ishmael’s first and second wives [Bukhari]
* The building of the Ka`bah [2:125-128, 22:26-27]
* Supplication for a future Ishmaelite messenger [2:130]

5 - The Legacy of Abraham

* The spiritual legacy of Abraham amongst the Ishmaelites became tainted with idolatry. [Ibn Ishaq]
* A few amongst the Arabs spurned idolatry, and identified with the true religion of Abraham. e.g. Zayd ibn `Amr ibn Nufayl [Bukhari]
* Daily reaffirmation of being a follower of his way. [Darimi]
* Lauding of his high level of conviction in faith. [Bukhari]
* Condemned pagans’ depiction of him as superstitious [Bukhari]
* Supplicated for sanctification of Madinah as Abraham had supplicated for Makkah [Bukhari]
* Emulation of his supplication for protection of his children [Bukhari]
* Taking his station as a place of prayer [2:125]
* Continuation of the rites of pilgrimage, and the practice of circumcision.
* Saw him in Heaven surrounded by children who died before reaching puberty. [Bukhari]
* Met him on the Night of the Ascent [Bukhari, Muslim]
* The first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection [Bukhari]