Editing Abraham (section)

=== Baháʼí Faith ===
[[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]] considered Abraham as a [[Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)|Manifestation of God]], and as the originator of [[monotheistic]] religion.{{Sfn|Smith|2000a|pp=22, 231}} [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]] states that Abraham was born in [[Mesopotamia]],{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|2014|p=10}} and [[Baháʼu'lláh|Bahá'u'lláh]] states that the language which Abraham spoke, when "he crossed the [[Jordan]]", is [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ('''Ibrání''), so "the language of the crossing."{{Sfn|Baháʼu'lláh|1976|p=54}} To ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the Abraham was born to a family that was ignorant of the oneness of God.{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|2014|p=4}} Abraham opposed his own people and government, and even his own kin, he rejected all their gods, and, alone and single-handed, he withstood a powerful nation.{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|2014|p=4}} These people believed not in one God [[Polytheism|but in many gods]], to whom they ascribed miracles, and hence they all rose up against Abraham. No one supported him except his nephew [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]] and "one or two other individuals of no consequence".{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|2014|p=4}} At last the intensity of his enemies' opposition obliged him, utterly wronged, to forsake his native land. Abraham then came to "these regions", that is, to the [[Holy Land]].{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|2014|p=4}} To Bahá'u'lláh, the "Voice of [[God in the Baháʼí Faith|God]]" commanded Abraham to offer up [[Ishmael]] as a sacrifice, so that his steadfastness in the faith of God and his detachment from all else but him may be demonstrated unto men. The purpose of God, moreover, was to sacrifice him as a ransom for the sins and iniquities of all the peoples of the earth.{{Sfn|Baháʼu'lláh|1976|p=23}}

In the Baháʼí texts, like the Islamic texts, Abraham is often referred to as "the Friend of God".{{Sfn|Smith|2000a|p=22}} 'Abdu'l-Bahá described Abraham as the founder of monotheism.{{sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|1978|p=22}}

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá also suggested the "holy manifestations who have been the sources or founders of the various religious systems" were united and agreed in purpose and teaching, and the Abraham, [[Moses]], [[Zoroaster]], [[the Buddha]], [[Jesus]], [[Muhammad]], the [[Báb]] and Bahá'u'lláh are one in "spirit and reality".{{Sfn|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|1912|p=118}}