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I-as see Lights which have surrounded them-asws, whose number no one can count except for You-azwj?’ He-azwj Said: “Those are their-asws Shias, the Shias of Amir-Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws”.

Ibrahim-as said: ‘And what are his-asws Shias recognised?’ He-azwj Said: “By the fifty-one (Cycles of daily) Salat, and the loud recitation of ‘In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’, and for the invocation (القنوت) before the Ruk’u, and the wearing of the ring in the right hand”. So, upon that, Ibrahim-as said: ‘Our Allah-azwj! Make me-as to be from the Shias of Amir-Al-Momineen-asws’.

He-asws said: ‘Thus, Allah-azwj Informed about it in His-azwj Book, so He-azwj Said: And indeed from his Shias, was Ibrahim [37:83]’’.[16] ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘Which of the two was older, Ismail-as or Is’haq-as? And which of them-as was the sacrifice?’ He-asws said: ‘Ismail-as was older than Is’haq by five years, and the sacrifice was Ismail-as, and Makkah was the house of Ismail, and rather Ibrahim-as intended to sacrifice Ismail-as during the days of the season (Hajj) at Mina’.

He-asws said: ‘And there was between the glad tidings to Ibrahim-as of Ismail-as, and the glad tidings of Is’haq-as, five years. But, have you not heard the words of Ibrahim-as where he-as is saying: (Ibrahim said): ‘My Lord! Grant to me from the righteous ones!’ [37:100]. And rather he-as asked Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Grace him-as a boy-as from the righteous ones.

And He-azwj Said in Surah Al-Safaat: So We Gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing boy [37:101] – meaning Ismail-as from Hajar-as’. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Ransomed Ismail-as with a magnificent ram’. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Then He-azwj Said: And We Gave him the glad tidings of Is’haq, a Prophet from the righteous [37:112] And We Sent Blessings upon him and upon Is’haq, [37:113] – Meaning by that Ismail-as, before the glad tidings of Is’haq.