Abd al-Muttalib,Muhammad's Grandfather
As Abd al-Muttalib Hashim was sleeping one day, he was commanded in a dream to dig up the well of Zamzam. The Jurhumites had buried it when they migrated from Mecca.
This was the same well from which Allah had allowed the young Ishmael to drink when he was thirsty. His mother had searched for water but found none. She stood on hill al-Marwa, she prayed a second time for water. Then Allah sent the angel Gabriel, * who pressed one of Ishmael's heels into the earth; suddenly water appeared. His mother heard the cries of wild animals. She became worried about her son so she ran to him and found him lying on his face, drawing water with his hand and drinking. Then she purified the well of sand.
*Compare Genesis 21:9-21 (the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael). Long before Muhammad, Allah was considered to be one of many gods of Mecca, but his name is built on the Semitic name of the god El, which means "power". Elohim, Eloah and many derivatives, like Elijah, Beth-El, and so on, are built on the same root. Muhammad adopted the name of the angel Gabriel from the Jewish people and used it as the name for Allah's messenger to his chosen servants.
{The Zamzam Well is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam. According to Islam, it is a miraculously generated source of water from God, which sprang spontaneously thousands of years ago when Ibrahim's (Abraham's) son Isma'll(Ishmael) was left with his mother Hajar(Hagar) in the desert, thirsty and crying. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Haji or Umrah pilgrimages in order to drink its water.}
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