And We bestowed on him Isaac, and Jacob as an additional gift, and made them righteous.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and we bestowed upon him) i.e. upon abraham (isaac) as a son, (and jacob) as a grandson. (each of them) i.e. abraham, isaac, jacob and their sons (we made righteous) in their religion, and messengers.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and we gave him, namely, abraham — for he had asked for a child, as mentioned in [sūrat] al-sāffāt [q. 37:100] — isaac, and jacob as a gift, that is, as [something] in addition to what was requested; or it means ‘a grandson’; and each of them, that is, himself and the two born of him, we made righteous, [we made them] prophets.
