Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

72. “And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob as a further gift, and We made them all righteous.”

This holy verse points to one of the most important merits that Allah had endowed upon Abraham (as). He (as) was having got not only a righteous child but also a fruitful and worthy generation.

The Qur’an says:

“And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob as a further gift…”

Then the holy verse adds that Allah made all of them some righteous, worthy, and useful men.

The verse says:

“…and We made them all righteous.”

In this verse, the name of Isaac (as) was mentioned while the name of Ishmael (as), who was the first child of Abraham (as), was not referred to. It is, perhaps, for the attracting of the attentions to the extraordinary and wonderful birth of Isaac who, by the will of Allah, was born of a barren mother, i.e., Sarah, in her old age.

By the way, a child is a gift of Allah, but what is more important than a child is his being righteous.