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For the female name, see Sarah (female name)
Sarah (Hebrew: שָׂרָה, Modern: Sara, Tiberian: Śārāh ; Arabic: سارة, Sāra ; "a woman of high rank") is the wife of Abraham as described in the Quran and the Hebrew Bible (the Book of Genesis).
The Hebrew word sarah indicates a woman of high rank, and is sometimes translated as "princess" or goddess, or "high holy one".
Judaism
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Christianity
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In the New Testament, Sarah and the Jerusalem above are called "free woman" (Ga 4:22-5:1). She is commemorated as a saint in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
Islam
In Islamic tradition, Sarah is the wife of Ibrahim, a major prophet. Some Muslim scholars regard Sarah herself to be a prophetess. Abraham married Sarah as she showed uncompromising commitment to God, after the rest abandoned Abraham. After marriage Abraham traveled with Sarah to Ur, then later to Haran, Palestine and finally to Egypt.
The hadith tell of an incident when Abraham called Sarah his sister, though Sarah was not biologically related to him. Muslim theologians explain that Abraham referred to Sarah as a sister in faith when he said "There are no believers on the surface of the earth except you and me." Thus Abraham neither lied, nor married his biological sister.
After their marriage, Sarah and Abraham had no children. Sarah, knowing that Abraham desired a child, gave her handmaiden Hajar to Abraham in marriage. Sarah and Abraham received some guests one day who brought them two prophecies: the destruction of the people of Lot and that Sarah would bear a son, despite her and Abraham's advance age. The promise was fulfilled in due time, and Sarah bore Isaac.
References
- Auda, Jasser. Female Prophets?. Auda quotes Imam Al-Razi, Imam Al-Suyuti, Imam Al-Kamal Ibn Al-Humaam and Imam Al-Mubarkafuri.
- ^ Ibn Kathir, QASAS AL-ANBIYAA, The story of Ibrahim. Retrieved 18 July, 07.
- Firestone, Reuven (Jan - Apr, 1993). "Prophethood, Marriageable Consanguinity, and Text: The Problem of Abraham and Sarah's Kinship Relationship and the Response of Jewish and Islamic Exegesis". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 83 (3/4): 342–3.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Griffiths, William (May, 1891). "Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Gabriel in the Quran". The Old and New Testament Student. 12 (5): 273.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Ali, Kecia (2006), "Hajar", in Leaman, Oliver (ed.), The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, Great Britain: Routeledge, pp. 287–289
See also
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