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his descendants, and that, "by his seed all the nations of the
earth shall be blessed"! This wonderful and unique promise
in the history of religion was met with an unshaken faith on
the part of Abraham, who had no issue, no son. When he
was led out to look at the sky at night and told by Allah that
his posterity would be as numerous as the stars, and as
innumerable as the sand which is on the shores of the sea,
Abraham believed it. And it was this belief in God, that
"was counted righteousness," as the Scripture says.
A virtuous poor Egyptian girl, Hagar by name, is a
slave and a maid in the service of Sarah. At the bidding
and consent of the mistress the maidservant is duly married
by the Prophet, and from this union Ishmael is born, as fore-
told by the Angel. When Ishmael is thirteen years old,
earth shall be blessed"! This wonderful and unique promise
in the history of religion was met with an unshaken faith on
the part of Abraham, who had no issue, no son. When he
was led out to look at the sky at night and told by Allah that
his posterity would be as numerous as the stars, and as
innumerable as the sand which is on the shores of the sea,
Abraham believed it. And it was this belief in God, that
"was counted righteousness," as the Scripture says.
A virtuous poor Egyptian girl, Hagar by name, is a
slave and a maid in the service of Sarah. At the bidding
and consent of the mistress the maidservant is duly married
by the Prophet, and from this union Ishmael is born, as fore-
told by the Angel. When Ishmael is thirteen years old,