إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ لِأَنَّهُ وَعَدَ رَجُلًا فِي مَكَانٍ فَانْتَظَرَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ سَنَةً فَسَمَّاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ أَتَاهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ مَا زِلْتُ مُنْتَظِراً لَكَ .
Translation
Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Mansour Bin Hazim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘But rather Ismail<sup>as</sup> was named as ‘truthful of the promise’ because he<sup>as</sup> promised a man (to be) in a particular place, so he<sup>asws</sup> waited for him in that place for a year. Therefore Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Named him<sup>as</sup> as ‘The truthful of the promise’’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The man did come to him<sup>as</sup> after that, so Ismail<sup>as</sup> said to him: ‘I<sup>as</sup> did not cease waiting for you’.
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