Ibrahim was a prophet of God. He was born in Iraq, then travelled to Palestine. He brought his wife Hajar and his little son Ismail to Mecca. Mecca was a valley with no plants. When Ismail grew up, he built the Kaaba with his father, stone upon stone. Then Ibrahim called people to come on the Hajj.
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Ibrahim (Abraham)
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Ibrahim was a prophet who lived long ago. He came from a town called Ur in Iraq, and he moved from there to Harran and then to Palestine, which became the centre of his call. God gave him a son named Ismail by his wife Hajar. Ibrahim brought Hajar and the little Ismail to the Hijaz and settled them in a valley with no plants and no water, at the place of the Kaaba. He left them dates and water and went back to Palestine. From time to time he travelled to Mecca to visit them, and the books record four of his journeys. On one of them he met Ismail, now a grown man, and together they built the Kaaba and raised its foundations stone upon stone. Then Ibrahim called out to people to come on the Hajj to God's House, as God had commanded him. Many Arab tribes trace their descent from Ibrahim through Ismail.
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