Pada suatu hari, Ibrahim bangun dan meminta isterinya Hajar untuk mengambil anaknya dan bersiap untuk perjalanan jauh. Dalam beberapa hari, Ibrahim memulakan perjalanan bersama isterinya Hajar dan anak mereka Ismail. Anak itu masih menyusu dan belum disapih. Ibrahim berjalan melalui tanah yang diusahakan, padang pasir, dan gunung-ganang sehinggalah dia sampai ke padang pasir Semenanjung Arab dan tiba di sebuah lembah yang tidak diusahakan, tanpa buah-buahan, tanpa pokok, tanpa makanan, tanpa air. Lembah itu tidak menunjukkan sebarang tanda kehidupan. Setelah Ibrahim membantu isteri dan anaknya turun dari tunggangan, dia meninggalkan mereka dengan sedikit makanan dan air yang hampir tidak cukup untuk 2 hari. Dia berpaling dan berjalan pergi. Isterinya bergegas mengejarnya sambil bertanya: "Hendak ke mana engkau, wahai Ibrahim, meninggalkan kami di lembah yang tandus ini?" Ibrahim tidak menjawabnya, tetapi terus berjalan. Dia mengulangi apa yang telah dikatakannya, tetapi Ibrahim tetap diam. Akhirnya dia faham bahawa suaminya tidak bertindak atas inisiatif sendiri. Dia sedar bahawa Allah telah memerintahkannya untuk melakukan perkara ini. Dia bertanya kepadanya: "Adakah Allah yang memerintahkanmu untuk berbuat demikian?" Dia menjawab: "Ya." Maka isterinya yang mulia berkata: "Kami tidak akan binasa, kerana Allah yang telah memerintahkanmu itu bersama kami." Ibrahim memohon kepada Allah Yang Maha Kuasa dengan doanya:

One day, Abraham woke up and asked his wife Hajar to get her son and prepare for a long journey. In a few days Abraham started out with his wife Hajar and their son Ishmael. The child was still nursing and not yet weaned. Abraham walked through cultivated land, desert, and mountains until he reached the desert of the Arabian Peninsula and came to an uncultivated valley having no fruit, no trees, no food, no water. The valley had no sign of life. After Abraham had helped his wife and child to dismount, he left them with a small amount of food and water which was hardly enough for 2 days. He turned around and walked away. He wife hurried after him asking: "Where are you going Abrahim, leaving us in this barren valley?" Abraham did not answer her, but continued walking. She repeated what she had said, but he remained silent. Finally she understood that he was not acting on his own initiative. she realized that Allah had commanded him to do this. She asked him : "Did Allah command you to do so?" He replied: "Yes." Then his great wife said: "We are not going to be lost, since Allah Who has commanded you is with us." Abraham invoked Almighty Allah thus:

"Wahai Tuhan kami! Sesungguhnya aku telah menempatkan sebahagian zuriatku di sebuah lembah yang tidak ada tanaman, di sisi Rumah-Mu yang dihormati (Ka'bah di Makkah); supaya mereka, wahai Tuhan kami, mendirikan solat dengan sempurna (Iqamat as-solat), maka jadikanlah hati sebahagian manusia cenderung kepada mereka, dan wahai Allah, kurniakanlah rezeki kepada mereka daripada buah-buahan supaya mereka bersyukur. Wahai Tuhan kami! Sesungguhnya Engkau mengetahui apa yang kami sembunyikan dan apa yang kami zahirkan. Tiada sesuatu pun di bumi mahupun di langit yang tersembunyi daripada Allah." (Surah 14:37-38)

"O Our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley with no cultivation, by Your Sacred House (the Ka'ba at Mecca); in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayers perfectly (Iqamat as salat) so fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and O Allah provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks. O our Lord! Certainly, You know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah." (Ch 14:37-38)

Ibnu Abbas meriwayatkan: "Wanita pertama yang menggunakan tali pinggang ialah ibu Ismail. Dia menggunakan tali pinggang itu supaya dia dapat menyembunyikan jejaknya daripada Sarah (dengan menyeretnya). Ibrahim membawa dia dan anaknya Ismail ketika dia sedang menyusukannya ke suatu tempat berhampiran Kaabah, di bawah sebatang pokok di tapak Zamzam, di tempat yang paling tinggi di dalam masjid. Pada masa itu tiada seorang pun di Makkah, dan tiada air. Maka dia mendudukkan mereka di situ, dan meletakkan di dekat mereka sebuah beg kulit yang berisi beberapa biji kurma serta sebuah kantung air kecil yang berisi sedikit air, lalu bertolak pulang. Ibu Ismail mengekorinya sambil berkata:"

Ibn Abbas narrated: "The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sarah (by dragging it). Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him to a place near the Kaba under a tree on the spot of ZamZam at the highest place in the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water so he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing some dates and a small water skin containing some water and set out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him saying:

"Wahai Ibrahim! Ke mana engkau hendak pergi, meninggalkan kami di lembah ini, di mana tiada seorang pun yang dapat kami nikmati teman, dan tiada apa pun untuk dinikmati?" Dia mengulanginya kepadanya berkali-kali, tetapi dia tidak menoleh kepadanya. Kemudian dia bertanya: "Adakah Allah yang memerintahkanmu berbuat demikian?" Dia berkata:

"O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything to enjoy?" she repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her. Then she asked him : "Has Allah ordered you to do so?" He said:

"Ya." Kemudian dia berkata: "Kalau begitu, Dia tidak akan mengabaikan kita," lalu dia pulang manakala Ibrahim meneruskan perjalanannya. Apabila sampai di Thaniya, tempat mereka tidak lagi dapat melihatnya, dia menghadap Kaabah, mengangkat kedua-dua tangannya, lalu memohon kepada Allah dengan doa-doa berikut:

"Yes." She then said: "Then He will not neglect us," and returned while Abraham proceeded onwards. On reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Kaba and raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:

"Wahai Tuhan kami! Sesungguhnya aku telah menempatkan sebahagian zuriatku di sebuah lembah yang tidak ada tanaman, di dekat Rumah-Mu yang dihormati (Kaabah di Mekah), wahai Tuhan kami, agar mereka mendirikan solat dengan sempurna. Maka jadikanlah hati sebahagian manusia cenderung kepada mereka, dan kurniakanlah kepada mereka rezeki daripada buah-buahan, supaya mereka bersyukur."

Nabi Muhammad ﷺ bersabda: "Inilah asal-usul tradisi Sa'y (ritual haji, perjalanan jemaah haji) iaitu berjalan kaki antara keduanya (Safa dan Marwah). Apabila dia sampai di Marwah (untuk kali terakhir) dia mendengar suara, lalu dia meminta dirinya diam dan mendengar dengan teliti. Dia mendengar suara itu sekali lagi dan berkata: "Wahai sesiapa pun engkau! Engkau telah membuatkan aku mendengar suaramu; adakah engkau mempunyai sesuatu untuk membantuku?" Dan lihatlah! Dia nampak seorang malaikat di tempat Zamzam, sedang menggali tanah dengan tumitnya (atau sayapnya) sehingga air mengalir dari tempat itu. Dia mula membuat sesuatu seperti besen di sekelilingnya, dengan menggunakan tangannya begini, dan mula mengisi kantung airnya dengan air menggunakan tangannya, dan air itu terus mengalir keluar selepas dia menceduk sebahagian daripadanya." Nabi ﷺ menambah: "Semoga Allah merahmati ibu Ismail! Sekiranya dia membiarkan air Zamzam mengalir tanpa cuba mengawalnya, atau sekiranya dia tidak menceduk air itu untuk mengisi kantung airnya, nescaya Zamzam akan menjadi sebuah aliran yang mengalir di permukaan bumi."

The prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: "This is the source of the tradition of the Sa'y (rituals of the hajj, pilgrimage) the going of people between them (As-Safa and Al-Marwa). When she reached Al Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: "O whoever you maybe! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam zam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing) till water flowed from that place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started filling her water skin with water with her hands and the water was flowing out water she had scooped some of it." The Prophet (pbuh) added: "May Allah bestow mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the zam-zam flow without trying to control it, or had she not scooped from that water to fill her water skin, Zam zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth."

Nabi ﷺ meneruskan: "Kemudian dia minum air dan menyusukan anaknya. Malaikat berkata kepadanya: 'Jangan takut akan diabaikan, kerana ini adalah Rumah Allah yang akan dibina oleh anak ini dan ayahnya, dan Allah tidak pernah mengabaikan umat-Nya.' Rumah (Kaabah) pada masa itu berada di tempat tinggi menyerupai busut, dan apabila air bah datang, ia mengalir ke kanan dan kirinya. "Dia terus hidup dengan cara itu sehingga beberapa orang dari kabilah Jurhum, atau sebuah keluarga dari Jurhum, melintasi tempatnya dan anaknya ketika mereka (orang-orang Jurhum) sedang datang melalui jalan Kada. Mereka singgah di bahagian bawah Makkah dan melihat seekor burung yang biasa terbang mengelilingi air dan tidak meninggalkannya. Mereka berkata: 'Burung ini pasti terbang mengelilingi air, padahal kita tahu bahawa tiada air di lembah ini.' Mereka mengutus seorang atau dua utusan yang menemui sumber air, lalu kembali memberitahu mereka tentang air itu. Maka mereka semua datang menuju air tersebut. Ibu Ismail sedang duduk berhampiran air. Mereka bertanya kepadanya: 'Adakah engkau mengizinkan kami tinggal bersamamu?' Dia menjawab: 'Ya, tetapi kamu tidak berhak memiliki air ini.' Mereka bersetuju dengan syarat itu. Ibu Ismail gembira dengan keadaan itu kerana dia memang suka menikmati kebersamaan dengan orang ramai. Maka mereka pun menetap di sana, dan kemudian mereka memanggil keluarga mereka yang datang dan menetap bersama mereka, sehingga sebahagian keluarga menjadi penduduk tetap di situ. Anak itu (Ismail) membesar dan belajar bahasa Arab daripada mereka, dan (akhlak mulianya) menyebabkan mereka mengasihi dan mengagumi dirinya ketika dia membesar. Apabila dia mencapai umur baligh, mereka mengahwinkannya dengan seorang wanita dari kalangan mereka."

The Prophet (pbuh) continued: "Then she drank water and suckled her child. The angel said to her: "Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His people." The House (Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. "She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child as they (the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada. they landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. they said: "this bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water in this valley." They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water and returned to inform them of the water. So they all came towards the water. Ishmael's mother was sitting near the water. They asked her: "Do you allow us to stay with you?" She replied: "Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water." They agreed to that. Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation, as she used to love to enjoy the company of the people, so they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents there. The child (Ishmael) grew up and learned Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up and when he reached the age of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst them."

Nabi ﷺ meneruskan: "Selepas ibu Ismail meninggal dunia, Ibrahim datang selepas perkahwinan Ismail untuk melihat keluarganya yang telah ditinggalkannya sebelum ini, tetapi dia tidak mendapati Ismail di situ. Apabila dia bertanya kepada isteri Ismail tentang dirinya, isteri itu menjawab: "Dia telah pergi mencari rezeki." Kemudian dia bertanya kepada isteri itu tentang cara hidup dan keadaan mereka, dan isteri itu menjawab, "Kami hidup dalam kesengsaraan; kami hidup dalam kesusahan dan kemiskinan," sambil mengadu kepadanya. Dia berkata: "Apabila suamimu pulang, sampaikan salamku kepadanya dan katakan kepadanya supaya menukar ambang pintu (rumahnya)." Apabila Ismail pulang, dia seolah-olah merasakan sesuatu yang luar biasa, lalu dia bertanya kepada isterinya: "Adakah sesiapa datang melawatmu?" Isterinya menjawab, "Ya, seorang lelaki tua dengan rupa sebegini dan sebegitu datang dan bertanya tentang kamu, dan saya memberitahunya. Dia kemudian bertanya tentang keadaan hidup kita, dan saya memberitahunya bahawa kita hidup dalam kesusahan dan kemiskinan." Lalu Ismail berkata: "Adakah dia memberi nasihat kepadamu?" Isterinya berkata: "Ya, dia menyuruh saya menyampaikan salamnya kepadamu dan memberitahumu supaya menukar ambang pintu rumahmu." Ismail berkata: "Itu ayahku, dan dia telah menyuruhku menceraikanmu. Kembalilah kepada keluargamu." Maka Ismail menceraikannya dan mengahwini wanita lain dari kalangan mereka (Jurhum).

The Prophet (pbuh) continued: "After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's marriage in order to see his family that he had left before but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she replied: "He has gone in search of livelihood." Then he asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, "We are living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution," complaining to him. He said: "When your husband returns, convey my salutations to him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his house)." When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so he asked his wife: "Has anyone visited you?" she replied, "Yes, an old man of such and such description came and asked me about you and I informed him and he asked about our state of living and I told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty." On that Ishmael said: "Did he advise you anything?" She said: "Yes he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate." Ishmael said: "It was my father and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family." So, Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from among them (Jurhum).

Kemudian Ibrahim menjauhkan diri daripada mereka untuk satu tempoh selama mana yang dikehendaki Allah, lalu kembali menemui mereka, tetapi tidak menemui Ismail. Maka dia pergi kepada isteri Ismail dan bertanya kepadanya tentang Ismail. Isteri itu berkata: "Dia telah keluar untuk mencari rezeki kami." Ibrahim bertanya kepadanya: "Bagaimana keadaan kamu?" Dia bertanya tentang rezeki dan kehidupan mereka. Isteri itu menjawab: "Kami senang dan hidup makmur (kami mempunyai segala-galanya dengan berlimpah ruah)." Kemudian dia bersyukur kepada Allah. Ibrahim berkata: "Apakah jenis makanan yang kamu makan?" Dia berkata:

"Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said: 'he has gone in sof our livelihood.' Abraham asked her; 'how are you getting on?' asking her about their sustenance and living. she replied: 'we are prosperous and well off (we have everything in abundance).' then she thanked Allah. Abraham said: 'What kind of food do you eat?' she said:

"daging." Dia berkata: "Apa yang kamu minum?" Wanita itu berkata: "Air." Dia berkata: "Ya Allah! berkatilah daging dan air mereka." Nabi (pbuh) menambah: "Pada waktu itu mereka tidak mempunyai bijirin, dan jika mereka mempunyai bijirin, dia juga pasti telah memohon kepada Allah untuk memberkatinya. Jika seseorang hanya mempunyai kedua-dua perkara ini sebagai rezekinya, kesihatan dan keadaan jiwanya akan terjejas teruk kecuali dia tinggal di Makkah." Nabi (pbuh) meneruskan: "Kemudian Ibrahim berkata kepada isteri Ismail: 'Apabila suamimu pulang, sampaikan salamku kepadanya dan beritahu dia supaya memelihara kukuh ambang pintunya.' Apabila Ismail pulang, dia bertanya kepada isterinya, 'Adakah sesiapa datang kepadamu?' Isterinya menjawab: 'Ya, seorang lelaki tua yang kacak datang kepadaku,' lalu dia memujinya dan menambah: 'Dia bertanya tentang engkau dan aku memberitahunya bahawa kita berada dalam keadaan baik.' Ismail bertanya kepadanya: 'Adakah dia memberimu sebarang nasihat?' Dia berkata: 'Ya, dia menyuruhku menyampaikan salamnya kepadamu dan memerintahkan supaya engkau memelihara kukuh ambang pintumu.' Maka Ismail berkata: 'Itu ayahku, dan engkaulah ambang pintu itu. Dia telah memerintahkan aku untuk menyimpanmu bersamaku.' Kemudian Ibrahim menjauhkan diri daripada mereka untuk satu tempoh selama mana Allah kehendaki, lalu menziarahi mereka kemudian. Dia melihat Ismail di bawah sebatang pokok berhampiran Zam Zam, sedang mengasah anak panahnya. Apabila dia melihat Ibrahim, dia bangun untuk menyambutnya (dan mereka saling memberi salam sebagaimana seorang bapa dengan anaknya atau seorang anak dengan bapanya). Ibrahim berkata: "Wahai Ismail! Allah telah memberiku satu perintah." Ismail berkata:

'meat.' he said: 'what do you drink?' she said: 'water.' he said: 'O Allah! bless their meat and water."" The Prophet (pbuh) added: "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain he would have also invoked Allah to bless it. If somebody has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet (pbuh) continued: "Then Abraham said to Ishmael's wife: 'When your husband comes give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back he asked his wife, 'did anyone call no you?' she replied: 'yes, a good looking old man came to me,' so she praised him and added: 'He asked about you and I informed him that we were in a good condition.' Ishmael asked her:' did he give you any piece of advice?' she said; 'yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.' on that Ishmael said: 'It was my father, and you are the threshold of the gate. He has ordered me to keep you with me.' Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree near Zam Zam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father). Abraham said: 'O Ishmael! Allah has give me an order.' Ishmael said:

Ibnu Abbas meriwayatkan versi yang sedikit berbeza: "Ketika Ibrahim berselisih faham dengan isterinya (kerana cemburunya kepada Hajar, ibu Ismail), beliau membawa Ismail dan ibunya lalu pergi. Mereka membawa sebuah bekas kulit berisi air. Ibu Ismail biasa minum air dari bekas kulit itu supaya susunya bertambah untuk anaknya. Apabila Ibrahim sampai ke Mekah, beliau mendudukkan mereka di bawah sebatang pokok, kemudian kembali ke rumahnya. Ibu Ismail mengikutinya, dan apabila mereka sampai ke Kada, beliau memanggil dari belakang: 'Wahai Ibrahim! Kepada siapakah engkau meninggalkan kami?' Beliau menjawab: '(Aku meninggalkan kamu) kepada jagaan Allah.' Hajar berkata: 'Aku reda untuk bersama Allah.' Beliau kembali ke tempatnya dan mula minum air dari bekas kulit itu, dan susunya bertambah untuk anaknya."

Ibn Abbas narrated a slightly different version: "When Abraham had differences with his wife (because of her jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael's mother), he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a water skin with them containing some water. Ishmael's mother used to drink water from the water skin so that her milk would increase for her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit under a tree and afterwards returned home. Ishmael's mother followed him and when they reached Kada, she called him from behind: 'O Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He replied: '(I am leaving you) to Allah's care.' she said: 'I am satisfied to be with Allah.' She returned to her place and started drinking water from the water skin and her milk increased for her child.

Apabila air telah habis digunakan, dia berkata kepada dirinya sendiri: "Lebih baik aku pergi dan mencari supaya aku dapat melihat seseorang." Dia naik ke Bukit As-Safa dan melihat, dengan harapan dapat melihat seseorang, tetapi sia-sia.

"When the water had all been used up, she said to herself: 'I had better go and look so that I may see somebody.' she ascended As-Safa mountain and looked hoping to see somebody but in vain.

Ketika dia turun ke lembah, dia berlari sehingga sampai ke Bukit Al Marwa. Dia berlari ke sana dan ke mari (antara kedua-dua bukit) berkali-kali. Kemudian dia berkata kepada dirinya sendiri: 'Lebih baik aku pergi dan melihat keadaan anak itu.' Dia pergi dan mendapati anak itu dalam keadaan hampir mati. Dia tidak sanggup melihat anak itu mati, lalu berkata kepada dirinya sendiri: 'Jika aku pergi dan melihat, mungkin aku akan menemui seseorang.' Dia pergi dan mendaki Bukit As-Safa, dan melihat-lihat untuk masa yang lama, tetapi tidak menemui sesiapa. Begitulah dia menyelesaikan tujuh pusingan berlari antara As-Safa dan Al-Marwa. Sekali lagi dia berkata kepada dirinya sendiri: 'Lebih baik aku kembali dan melihat keadaan anak itu.' Tetapi tiba-tiba dia terdengar satu suara, lalu dia berkata kepada suara asing itu: 'Tolonglah kami jika kamu dapat menawarkan sebarang bantuan.' Maka, rupa-rupanya, ia adalah Gabriel (yang telah membuat suara itu).

Ibnu Abbas terus meriwayatkan: "Ibu Ismail mula minum dari air itu, dan susunya bertambah untuk anaknya. Selepas itu, beberapa orang dari kabilah Hurhum melihat beberapa ekor burung ketika melintasi bahagian bawah lembah, dan itu membuatkan mereka terkejut. Mereka berkata: "Burung hanya boleh didapati di tempat yang ada air." Mereka lalu menghantar seorang utusan yang mencari tempat itu, dan dia mendapati air tersebut, lalu kembali untuk memaklumkan kepada mereka. Kemudian mereka semua datang kepadanya dan berkata: "Wahai ibu Ismail! Adakah engkau mengizinkan kami untuk bersamamu (atau tinggal bersamamu)?" Lalu mereka pun menetap di situ."

Ibn Abbas continued narrating: "Ishmael's mother started drinking from the water, and her milk increased for her child. Afterwards some people of the tribe of Hurhum saw some birds while passing through the bottom of the valley and that astonished them. They said: "birds can only be found at a place where there is water." They sent a messenger who searched the place and found the water and returned to inform them about it. Then they all went to her and said: "O Ishmael's mother! Will you allow us to be with you (or dwell with you)?" Then they stayed there.

Kemudian, anak lelakinya mencapai umur baligh dan berkahwin dengan seorang wanita dari kalangan mereka. Lalu terlintas dalam fikiran Ibrahim, dan dia menyatakannya kepada isterinya (Sarah). 'Aku ingin menziarahi tanggunganku yang aku tinggalkan di Mekah.' Apabila dia tiba di sana, dia memberi salam kepada isteri Ismail dan bertanya: 'Di manakah Ismail?' Isterinya menjawab: 'Dia telah keluar memburu.' Ibrahim berkata kepadanya: 'Apabila dia pulang, beritahulah dia supaya menukar ambang pintu rumahnya.' Apabila Ismail pulang, isterinya memberitahunya perkara yang sama, lalu Ismail berkata kepadanya: 'Engkau adalah ambang itu, maka pulanglah kepada keluargamu (engkau telah diceraikan).' Sekali lagi Ibrahim terfikir untuk menziarahi tanggungannya yang dia tinggalkan di Mekah, lalu dia memberitahu isterinya (Sarah) tentang hasratnya. Ibrahim datang ke rumah Ismail dan bertanya: 'Di manakah Ismail?' Isteri Ismail menjawab: 'Dia telah keluar memburu,' dan menambah: 'Adakah tuan mahu tinggal sebentar dan makan serta minum sesuatu?' Ibrahim berkata: 'Apakah makanan kamu dan apakah minuman kamu?' Dia menjawab: 'Makanan kami ialah daging dan minuman kami ialah air.' Ibrahim berkata: 'Ya Allah! Berkatilah makanan dan minuman mereka.' Abu Al Qasim (Nabi ﷺ) bersabda: "Kerana doa Ibrahim, terdapat keberkatan di Mekah."

"Later on her boy reached the age of puberty and married a lady from them. Then an idea occurred to Abraham, which he disclosed to his wife (sarah). 'I want to call on my dependants I left at Mecca.' When he went there he greeted Ishmael's wife and said: 'where is Ishmael?' She replied: 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham said to her: 'When he comes, tell him to change the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came she told him the same and whereupon Ishmael said to her: 'you are the threshold so go to your family (you are divorced).' "Again Abraham thought of visiting his dependents whom he had left at Mecca, and told his wife (Sarah) of his intentions. Abraham came to Ishmael's house and asked: 'Where is Ishmael?' Ishmael's wife replied: 'He has gone out hunting,' and added: 'will you stay for some time and have something to eat and drink?' Abraham said: 'what is your food and what is your drink?' she replied: 'our food is meat and our drink is water.' he replied: 'O Allah! Bless their meals and their drink.' Abu Al Qasim (the Prophet)(pbuh) said: "Because of Abraham's invocation there are blessings in Mecca."

Ibnu Abbas meneruskan: "Sekali lagi Ibrahim terfikir untuk melawat keluarganya yang telah ditinggalkannya di Mekah, lalu dia memberitahu isterinya (Sarah) tentang keputusannya. Dia pergi dan mendapati Ismail di belakang telaga Zam-zam, sedang membaiki anak panahnya. Dia berkata: 'Wahai Ismail, Tuhanmu telah memerintahkan aku untuk membina sebuah rumah bagi-Nya.' Ismail berkata: 'Taatilah perintah Tuhanmu.' Ibrahim berkata: 'Allah juga telah memerintahkan aku agar engkau membantuku dalam hal itu.' Ismail berkata: 'Kalau begitu, aku akan melakukannya.' Lalu kedua-duanya mula berkata-kata:"

Ibn Abbas continued: "Once more Abraham thought of visiting his family he had left at Mecca and he told his wife (Sarah) of his decision. HE went and found Ishmael behind the Zam-zam well, mending his arrows. He said: 'O Ishmael, your Lord has ordered me to build a house for Him.' Ishmael said: 'Obey the order of your Lord.' Abraham said: 'Allah has also ordered me that you should help me therein.' Ishmael said: 'Then I will do so.' So both of them were saying:

"Wahai Tuhan kami! Terimalah daripada kami (amalan ini). Sesungguhnya Engkaulah Yang Maha Mendengar, Maha Mengetahui." (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:127)

"O our Lord! Accept this service of us, verily, You are the All Hearer, the All Knower." (Ch 2:127)

www.islambasics.com Apabila bangunan itu menjadi tinggi dan orang tua itu (Ibrahim) tidak lagi mampu mengangkat batu-batu ke kedudukan yang setinggi itu, beliau berdiri di atas batu Maqam Ibrahim dan Ismail terus menyerahkan batu-batu itu kepadanya, sementara kedua-duanya berdoa dan berkata:

www.islambasics.com When the building became high and the old man (Abraham) could no longer lift the stones to such a high position, he stood over the stone of Al Maqam and Ishmael carried on handing him the stones and both of them were saying:

"Wahai Tuhan kami! Terimalah daripada kami (amalan ini), sesungguhnya Engkaulah Yang Maha Mendengar, Yang Maha Mengetahui."

"O our Lord! Accept this service of us, verily You are the All Hearer, the All Knower.""

Allah Yang Maha Kuasa telah menceritakan kepada kita tentang ujian yang dihadapi Ibrahim dengan puteranya yang tercinta:

Allah the Almighty told us of Abraham's affliction with his beloved son:

Dan dia berkata selepas diselamatkan daripada api:

"And he said after his rescue from the fire:

"Sesungguhnya aku akan pergi menuju Tuhanku. Dia akan memberi petunjuk kepadaku! Wahai Tuhanku! Kurniakanlah kepadaku (seorang anak) dari golongan orang-orang yang soleh." Maka Kami berikan kepadanya khabar gembira tentang seorang anak yang penyabar. Dan ketika (anaknya itu) sudah cukup umur untuk berjalan bersamanya, dia berkata: "Wahai anakku! Sesungguhnya aku melihat dalam mimpi bahawa aku menyembelihmu (mengorbankanmu kepada Allah), maka fikirkanlah apa pendapatmu!" Dia menjawab: "Wahai ayahku! Lakukanlah apa yang diperintahkan kepadamu, insya-Allah engkau akan dapati aku termasuk golongan yang sabar." Maka ketika kedua-duanya telah berserah diri kepada ketentuan Allah dan dia telah membaringkan anaknya di atas dahinya (atau di sisi dahinya untuk disembelih); lalu Kami memanggilnya: "Wahai Ibrahim! Engkau telah menunaikan mimpi (wahyu) itu!" Sesungguhnya begitulah Kami membalas orang-orang yang berbuat kebaikan, semata-mata kerana Allah. Sesungguhnya itu adalah suatu ujian yang nyata, dan Kami tebus dia dengan seekor sembelihan yang besar (seekor kibasy); dan Kami tinggalkan untuknya (sebutan yang baik)

'Verily! I am going to my Lord. He will guide me! My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous." SO We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing boy. And when he (his son) was old enough to walk with him, he said: "O my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you (offer you in sacrifice to Allah), so look what do you think!Ý" "O my father! Do that which you are commanded InshAllah (if Allah wills), you shall find me of the patient." Then when they had both submitted themselves to the Will of Allah and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (or on the side of his forehead for slaughtering); and We called out to him: "O Abraham! You have fulfilled the dream (vision!" Verily! Thus do Wereward those who perform good deeds, totally for Allah's sake only. Verily, that indeed was a manifest trial and We ransomed him with a great sacrifice (a ram;) and We left for him ( a goodly remembrance)

dalam kalangan generasi (yang akan datang) pada masa-masa kemudian. {"Salam sejahtera ke atas Ibrahim!"} Demikianlah Kami membalas orang-orang yang berbuat kebaikan. Sesungguhnya dia adalah termasuk hamba-hamba Kami yang beriman. (Surah 37:99-111 Al-Quran)

among generations (to come) in later times. "Salamun (peace) be upon Abraham!" Thus indeed do We reward the Muhsineen (good doers). Verily, he was one of Our believing slaves. (Ch 37:99-111 Quran)

Sementara itu, tiga malaikat turun ke bumi; Gabriel, Israphael dan Michael. Mereka datang dalam rupa manusia dan memberi salam kepada Ibrahim. Ibrahim bangkit dan menyambut mereka. Dia membawa mereka masuk ke dalam khemahnya kerana menyangka mereka orang asing dan tetamu. Dia mempersilakan mereka duduk dan memastikan mereka selesa, kemudian memohon diri untuk pergi kepada kaumnya.

In the meantime, three angels descended to the earth; Gabriel, Israphael, and Michael. They came in human shapes and saluted Abraham. Abraham arose and welcomed them. He took them inside his tent thinking they were strangers and guests. He seated them and made sure that they were comfortable, then excused himself to go to his people.

Isterinya Sarah bangkit apabila dia masuk. Sarah telah menjadi tua dan rambutnya beruban. Ibrahim berkata kepadanya: "Kita ada tiga orang asing di dalam rumah." "Siapakah mereka?" tanyanya. "Aku tidak mengenali seorang pun daripada mereka," jawabnya. "Apa makanan yang kita ada?" tanyanya. "Separuh ekor kambing biri-biri," jawabnya, "Separuh ekor kambing biri-biri! Sembelihlah anak lembu gemuk untuk mereka; mereka orang asing dan tetamu," katanya sambil beredar.

His wife Sarah arose when he entered. She had become old and white haired. Abraham said to her: "We have three strangers in the house." "Who are they?" she asked. "I do not know any of them," he answered. "What food have we got?" He asked. Half a sheep." she replied, "Half a sheep! Slaughter a fat calf for them; they are strangers and guests." he ordered while leaving.

Para hamba menyediakan dan menghidangkan seekor anak lembu panggang. Ibrahim menjemput para malaikat untuk makan dan dia mulai makan supaya menggalakkan mereka. Dia terus makan, tetapi apabila dia menjeling kepada tetamunya untuk memastikan mereka sedang makan, dia mendapati tiada seorang pun daripada mereka yang menyentuh makanan itu. Dia berkata kepada mereka: "Tidakkah kamu hendak makan?" Dia menyambung makan semula, tetapi apabila dia menjeling kepada mereka sekali lagi, dia mendapati mereka masih tidak makan. Tangan mereka tidak menghulurkan tangan kepada makanan itu. Dia mula merasa takut kepada mereka.

The servants roasted and served a calf. Abraham invited the angels to eat and he started eating so as to encourage them. He continued, but when he glanced at his guests to assure they were eating, he noticed that none of them had touched the food. He said to the them: "Are you not going to eat?" He resumed eating, but when he glanced at them again he found that they were still not eating. Their hands did not reach out for the food. He began to fear them.

Kebimbangan Ibrahim semakin bertambah. Malaikat-malaikat itu, bagaimanapun, membaca apa yang tersembunyi dalam fikirannya, lalu salah seorang daripada mereka berkata: "Jangan takut." Ibrahim mengangkat kepalanya dan menjawab: "Sesungguhnya aku memang berasa takut. Aku telah mempelawa kamu makan, tetapi kamu tidak menghulurkan tangan untuk makan. Adakah kamu bermaksud hendak mencelakai aku?" Salah seorang malaikat itu tersenyum dan berkata: "Kami tidak makan. Kami adalah malaikat Allah." Kemudian seorang daripada mereka menghadap isterinya dan menyampaikan khabar gembira tentang Ishaq.

Allah Yang Maha Kuasa berfirman:

Almighty Allah revealed:

Sesungguhnya, datang utusan-utusan Kami kepada Ibrahim dengan membawa khabar gembira. Mereka berkata: "Salam!" Dia menjawab: "Salam!" Lalu dia segera menghidangkan daging anak lembu bakar untuk mereka. Tetapi apabila dia melihat tangan mereka tidak menyentuhnya, dia merasa curiga terhadap mereka dan timbul rasa takut dalam hatinya. Mereka berkata: "Janganlah takut, sesungguhnya kami diutus kepada kaum Lut." Isterinya berdiri di situ, lalu dia tertawa (sama ada kerana utusan-utusan itu tidak makan hidangannya, atau kerana gembira dengan kebinasaan kaum Lut). Maka Kami menyampaikan khabar gembira kepadanya tentang Ishak, dan selepas Ishak, Yaakob.

"Verily! There came Our Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said: "Salaam (greetings or peace)!" he answered: "Salaam (greetings or peace)!" and he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. But, when he saw their hands went not towards it (the meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear not, we have been sent against the people of Lot." And his wife was standing there and she laughed (either, because the Messengers did not eat their food or for being glad for the destruction of the people of Lot). But We gave her glad tidings of Isaac, and after him of Jacob.

Dia berkata (dengan keheranan): "Celakalah aku! Apakah aku akan melahirkan anak padahal aku seorang perempuan tua dan suamiku ini seorang lelaki tua? Sesungguhnya ini benar-benar suatu perkara yang aneh!" Mereka berkata: "Apakah engkau merasa heran dengan ketetapan Allah? Rahmat Allah dan keberkatan-Nya dilimpahkan atas kamu, wahai ahli rumah (Ibrahim). Sesungguhnya Dia (Allah) Maha Terpuji, Maha Agung." (CH 11:69-73).

She said (in astonishment): "Woe unto me! Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here is my husband an old man? Verily! This is a strange thing!" They said: "Do you wonder at the Decree of Allah? The Mercy of Allah and His Blessings be on you, O the family (of Abraham). Surely, He (Allah) is All praiseworthy, All-Glorious." (CH 11:69-73).