God’s covenant with Abraham is a foundational theme in the Bible. Yet the unconditional chosenness of the Israelites makes the covenant rather ambiguous and inconsistent with other teachings about God in the same book. Free from the ethnocentricity of the Bible, the Qur’an presents a clear, consistent, and far more convincing account of the Abrahamic covenant.
00:00 Introduction
03:04 Mentions of Covenant in the Bible
05:25 The Covenant in Genesis 17
12:01 The undeservedness of the Israelites
14:46 Inconsistencies and problems in the Biblical account
19:09 Benefits of the Qur’an’s account
21:38 The Covenant verse
23:25 Abraham’s Book
37:12 Meaning of “Hanif”
39:10 Credal Book
42:08 The Bible’s ignorance of Abraham’s Book
44:37 Abraham’s fulfilment of revelation
47:11 Appointment as imam
50:10 Request for extension of covenant
51:33 Restriction of covenant
59:36 Abraham the nation
01:13:36 Summary