Surah As-Saffat Verse 101

4096 This was in the fertile land of Syria and Palestine . The boy thus born was, according to Muslim tradition, the first-born son of Abraham, viz., IsmaTl. The name itself is from the root Sami'a, to hear, because Allah had heard Abraham's prayer (verse 100). Abraham's age when IsmaTl was born was 86 (Gen. 16:16). (R). 4097 The boy's character was to be Halim, which I have translated "ready to suffer and forbear". This title is also applied to Abraham (in 9:114 and 11:75). It refers to the patient way in which both father and son cheerfully offered to suffer any self-sacrifice in order to obey the Command of Allah. See next verse.