The story of Ismail s Sacrifice by the Prophet Abraham, taken from the Quran and biblical
verses, has been interpreted in many ways by narrators, performers, Christian and Muslim
storytellers, and has also been represented by the visual artists in countless images. Qisas al Anbiya
was one of the books that illustrated this story during the Safavian period. The main purpose of this
article is to examine the interpretations, images and implications specific to Islamic and Christian
artists, in relation to their different attitudes, education and historical roots, and finally to determine
the relevant visual representations and conduct a comparative study of them.
