2. Judaism: He's the founding father of Covenant, and a special relationship between Jewish people and God in Judaism. He was called "our father Abraham".
Christianity: Apostle Paul taught Abraham's faith in God made him the prototype of all believers. And the Roman Catholic Church calls Abraham "our father in Faith" in the Eucharistic prayer of the Roman Canon.
Islam: The Islamic prophet Muhammad claimed Abraham. And Muslims regard Abraham as a prophet and patriarch, the archetype of the perfect Muslim, and the revered reformer of the Kaaba in Mecca. Islamic traditions consider him the first Pioneer of Islam.
3. An indulgence is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins." The Catholic Church sold them and said to people that they would get the remission from God if they bought them. Martin Luther objected to indulgences because he thought only God could clear people from sins, and the indulgence only was a shameful way of collecting money for church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence
4. Haji is a greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, which takes place in the last month of the year and which all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime if they can afford to do so. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
5. The Rigveda: The test is the oldest Indic text, it's a collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, organized into ten books. It includes hymns of praise to many deities.
The Samaveda: It contains 1,549 standzas and 1,875 verses. It consist of hymns that common with the Rigveda.
The Yajurveda: It contains 1,875 verses and it's a compilation of ritual offering formulas that were said by a priest while an individual performed ritual actions such as those before the yajna fire.
The Atharvaveda: It is a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books. And it's a text belonging to the Atharvan and Angoras poets.
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