Round 5: Tossup 11

This man cut up and scattered four birds to see God resurrect them. A lost holy text called the “Scrolls of [this man]” is mentioned twice in the Quran. One story of this man in the Quran tells of how he converted a people to Islam by coming out of a fire they threw him into without so much as a trace of smoke on his clothes. The practice of qurbani honours this prophet’s loyalty to Allah on Eid al-Adha. (-5[1])Mohammad is said to be descended from this man (-5[1])through (-5[1])his elder (10[1])son, Ismail. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, the Kaaba was rebuilt (10[1])by what messenger of Allah who names the general term for the grouping of Islam, (10[1])Christianity, and Judaism? ■END■ (10[3])

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