A son promised to two people who had stopped expecting one.
وَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِإِسْحَاقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
His story
Angels came to Ibrahim as guests. They brought good news to his wife Sarah: Ishaq, and after Ishaq, Ya'qub. She was amazed: "Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman and my husband is an old man?" 11:71-72.
Ishaq was a prophet among the righteous, and Allah blessed him and Ibrahim 37:112-113. Allah describes him with his father and son as men of strength and vision 38:45.
Moments
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The guests
Angels came to Ibrahim as guests and gave news of a son, Ishaq, and after him a grandson, Ya'qub. His wife was standing there and laughed. She said: "Woe is me! Shall I give birth when I am an old woman, and this husband of mine is an old man? That is truly astonishing." They answered: "Are you astonished at the decree of Allah? The mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, people of the house."
What he did when…
Ishaq was promised to a couple everyone would have called too old: an aged woman who had never had a child and a husband with white hair. "Are you astonished at the decree of Allah?" His birth is the answer for every family that has been told it is too late.
If your child carries this name
إسحاق Ishaq
Ishaq is a name of answered hope.
Sources on this page
Quran 11:69-73Quran 11:71-73Quran 37:112
Quran meanings are given in plain English, close to the Arabic. Hadith numbers follow sunnah.com.