But the fire only burnt away the ropes, and they saw Abraham sitting peacefully among the flames. Beside him was an angel in Abraham's likeness, comforting and protecting him. After that, Nimrod did not dare try to harm Abraham again. Abraham returned to his town, where he gathered those who believed in the one God. Then he set out west, placing all faith in the Lord.
Some Muslim authorities believe the names refer to two different people.
But various versions of this legend use the names interchangeably for the same character. While the Bible is mainly a book of stories, the Koran is a book of sermons. Nearly all of its tales are provided only in scattered fragments. But the Arabs, if nothing else, are great lovers of stories. After Muhammad's death, all story fragments in the Koran were extracted, linked, interpreted, and expanded by scholars and popularizers.