The Cave, Act 2 Scene 4: The Near Sacrifice

There is a little discrepancy between the Old

Testament account of that and the Quranic account

A little discrepancy

Discrepancy

In the Torah, it's Isaac

In the Torah, it's Isaac

In the Quran, it is Ishmael

In the Quran, it is Ishmael

Ishmael is the firstborn of Ibrahim

Ishmael is the firstborn

Firstborn of Ibrahim

His father told him, "I had a dream"

His father told him

"I had a dream

I saw in my dream"

I saw

"I saw in my dream that I am sacrificing you"

Sacrificing you

"Sacrificing you"

The son said, "Do as you are commanded"

Commanded

The son said, "Do as you are commanded"

The moment he put the knife on his neck

He put the knife

He put the knife on his neck

The archangel Gabriel saved the son

He was ready to sacrifice his life for his father

He was ready to sacrifice

Sacrifice his life for his father

An obedient son

A man of God

An obedient son

He was not a revolutionary type, he accepted things

Not a revolutionary type

He accepted things

Ishmael, he is the father of Arabs, prophet

The father

Ishmael, he is the father of Arabs, prophet

He is our father, the father of Muhammad

The father of Muhammad

Ishaq is the second born of Ibrahim

The second born

Ishaq is the second born of Ibrahim

Ishaq is one of the Jewish prophets

Ishaq

Ishaq is one of the Jewish prophets

Isaac was the ancestor of

Isaac was the ancestor of the kings of Israel

And the prophets and Jesus Christ as well

The kings of Israel and the prophets

And Jesus Christ as well

A challenger

A challenger and also spoiled and snobbish and arrogant

A challenger

And snobbish and arrogant

Ishmael is the oldest and he is the inheritant

And we are the descendant and that's that

Ishmael is the oldest

And he is the inheritant and we are the descendant and that's that

Half brothers from different mothers

Half brothers

Half brothers

They are all the time connected one by the other

They are all the time connected

One by the other