Amy :
For me, the story of Hagar is a story about an obedient wife to her husband, and about their trust and faith in God. Prophet Abraham was known for completely submitting to the will of God. When God commanded him to leave his wife, Hagar, and his firstborn son, Ishmael, in a barren desert where there was no one and nothing around, he obeyed. And I believe it must have been incredibly difficult for Prophet Abraham too. Ishmael was his first child, born to him after many years of having no children with his first wife, Sarah. Yet when God commanded him to leave Hagar and Ishmael in that barren land, he trusted God and obeyed. Prophet Abraham took Hagar and Ishmael to the place God had commanded him to go - which is now known as Mecca, and then he turned and walked away. When Hagar saw him leaving, she called out to him, asking, “Why are you leaving us here?” But Prophet Abraham did not answer. He did not turn back. She asked him three times, but he remained silent. Then Hagar understood. She knew that her husband was a man who would not disobey God. So she asked him, “Did God command you to do this? Prophet Abraham nodded. And Hagar replied, “Then God will not abandon us.” Imagine that moment. She was left alone in a barren land with her infant son, believing perhaps that no one would remember her. But God did. What Hagar may have thought was a forgotten moment became a moment remembered by millions. Her desperate search for water between Safa and Marwah became an act of worship that millions of Muslims now repeat during Hajj and Umrah every year. She thought she was being left in the desert. Instead, God made her story part of the pilgrimage of generations to come. Sometimes, what feels like abandonment is actually the beginning of a legacy written by God.
2026-09-05 00:05:45