The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1100 page)

a
(Lord God)
:

see
VARA
.

 
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Isaac
.

Son of the Hebrew
patriarch
Abraham
by his wife Sarah. His name is derived from the fact that his mother laughed (
ahaka
) when told that she would bear a child (Genesis 18. 12). See also
‘AKEDA
.
In Islam, Isaac (Is
q) is listed in the
Qur’
n
among the
prophets
(e.g. 4. 163), and named as the son, a ‘prophet, one of the righteous’ (37. 112) promised to Ibr
h
m (Abraham) (cf. 6. 84, 21. 72). Later Muslim tradition held that the son demanded in sacrifice was Ism
‘
l, though the Quranic account (37. 100–9) does not specify his name.