Covenant Map

Where a passage sits in the larger story

Each tradition tells covenantal history differently. The map keeps the readings side by side, sharing the covenants they share, and attributes every relationship to the readings it belongs to.

Islamic reading

  1. Primordial covenant → Covenant of the prophets
    is followed by: The Qurʾān speaks of a covenant drawn from all the children of Adam, who acknowledge God as their Lord, and of a covenant taken from the prophets.
  2. Covenant of the prophets → Abraham · shared covenant
    includes: The covenant of the prophets names Ibrāhīm with Nūḥ, Mūsā and ʿĪsā; God’s covenant with Ibrāhīm does not extend to wrongdoers among his descendants.
  3. Covenant of the prophets → Seal of the prophets
    anticipates a confirming messenger: The prophets pledge to believe in and support a messenger who comes confirming what they have; Muslim exegesis identifies him with Muhammad, the seal of the prophets.
  4. Abraham → Sinai / Moses · shared covenant
    continues with the Children of Israel: God takes a covenant from the Children of Israel and appoints twelve leaders among them.

4 recorded

Relationships

AM-COV-0010InterpretiveIslamicProvisional

Primordial covenant → Covenant of the prophets · is followed by

The Qurʾān speaks of a covenant drawn from all the children of Adam, who acknowledge God as their Lord, and of a covenant taken from the prophets.

Evidence: Q 7:172; Q 33:7

No grounding claim recorded yet.

AM-COV-0011HighIslamicProvisional

Covenant of the prophets → Abraham · includes

The covenant of the prophets names Ibrāhīm with Nūḥ, Mūsā and ʿĪsā; God’s covenant with Ibrāhīm does not extend to wrongdoers among his descendants.

Evidence: Q 33:7; Q 2:124

Grounded by AM-CLAIM-000234

AM-COV-0012HighIslamicProvisional

Abraham → Sinai / Moses · continues with the Children of Israel

God takes a covenant from the Children of Israel and appoints twelve leaders among them.

Evidence: Q 2:83; Q 5:12

No grounding claim recorded yet.

AM-COV-0013InterpretiveIslamicProvisional

Covenant of the prophets → Seal of the prophets · anticipates a confirming messenger

The prophets pledge to believe in and support a messenger who comes confirming what they have; Muslim exegesis identifies him with Muhammad, the seal of the prophets.

Evidence: Q 3:81; Q 33:40

No grounding claim recorded yet. · illustrated by AM-CLAIM-000249

The map does not force contested theology into one storyline: where readings diverge, each is shown and attributed. JSON