Surah 19:49

"So when he had withdrawn from them and what they were serving instead of God, We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and each one We made a prophet."

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Allah gave Ibrahim Ishaq and Ya'qub Verses 19:49-50

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Verse 49

فَلَمَّا ٱعۡتَزَلَهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَۖ وَكُلّٗا جَعَلۡنَا نَبِيّٗا

So when he had withdrawn from them and what they were serving instead of God, We granted him Isaac and Jacob, and each one We made a prophet.

Verse 50

وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِنَا وَجَعَلۡنَا لَهُمۡ لِسَانَ صِدۡقٍ عَلِيّٗا

We granted them some of Our mercy, and We assigned to them a true (and) high reputation.

Allah, the Exalted, says that when the Friend of Allah (Ibrahim) withdrew from his father and his people for the sake of Allah, Allah gave him in exchange those who were better than them. He gave him Ishaq (Isaac) and Ya'qub (Jacob), meaning his son, Ishaq, and Ishaq’s son, Ya'qub. This is as Allah said in another Ayah,

4and Ya'qub, a grandson.} (21:72)

Also, Allah says,

4and after Ishaq, of Ya'qub.} [11:71]

There is no difference of opinion about Ishaq being the father of Ya'qub. This is what is recorded in the Qur’an in Suran Al- Baqarah.

40r were you witnesses when death approached Ya'qub? Wlten he said unto his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We shall worship your God the God of your fathers, Ibrahim, Istna'il and Ishaq. '>[2:133]

Allah only mentioned Ishaq and Ya'qub here to show that He made Prophets from among his descendants and successors in order to give him relief and happiness in his life. This is why Allah says,

iand each one of them We made a Prophet [19:49]

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