Arab and Jewish traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites
S. Nikaido ( 2001 ) , p. 1Arab-Islamic-Jewish traditions , consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of Arab people , to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites. < ref >  Some Pre-Islamic poetry mentions Ishmael , his father Abraham , and the sacrifice story , such as the Pre-Islamic poet `` Umayyah Ibn Abi As-Salt '' , who said in one of his poems : بكره لم يكن ليصبر عنه أو يراه في معشر أقتال ( [ The sacrifice ] of his first-born of whose separation he [ Abraham ] could not bear neither could he see him surrounded in foes ) .The Treasury of literature , Sect .
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