Abraham, known as Ibrahim (Arabic: إِبْرَاهِيْمُ, romanized: ʾIbrāhīm pronounced [ʔɪbraːˈhiːm]) in Arabic, is recognized as a prophet and messenger of God in Islam. Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Muslim belief, Abraham fulfilled all the commandments and trials wherein God nurtured him throughout his lifetime. As a result of his unwavering faith in God, Ibrahim was promised by God to be a leader to all the nations of the world.
The Quran extols Ibrahim as a model, an exemplar, obedient and not an idolater.In this sense, Abraham has been described as representing “primordial man in universal,
surrender to the Divine Reality before its fragmentation into religions separated from each other by differences in form”:The Islamic holy day ‘Eid al-Adha is celebrated in memory of the sacrifice of Abraham,
and each able bodied Muslim is supposed to perform the pilgrimage to pay homage at the Kaaba in the Hejazi city of Mecca, which was built by Abraham and his son Ishmael as the first house of worship on earth.
Muslims believe that the prophet Abraham became the leader of the righteous in his time and that it was through him that Adnanite-Arabs and Israelites came.
Abraham, in the belief of Islam, was instrumental in cleansing the world of idolatry at the time. Paganism was cleared out by Abraham in both the Arabian peninsula and Canaan.
He spiritually purified both places as well as physically sanctifying the houses of worship. Abraham and Ismāʿīl (Ishmael) further established the rites of pilgrimage,
