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Islam claims to be an Abrahamic religion because it came through a descendant of Ishmael, because he is a son of Abraham.

Genesis 17:19
To this God said: “Your wife Sarah will definitely bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac . And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant to his offspring<(Literally, “seed”)  after him.
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Genesis 35:11, 12
God further said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and become many. Nations and a congregation of nations will come from you, and kings will descend from you.<(Literally, “come out of your loins”) (12) As for the land that I have given to Abraham and to Isaac , to you I will give it, and to your offspring<(Literally, “seed”) after you I will give the land.”
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What about Ishmael? Would he recieve a piece of the Abrahamic promise(covenant)? No! He would not!

Genesis 17:18-21
So Abraham said to the true God: “O that Ishʹma·el might live before you!” (19) To this God said: “Your wife Sarah will definitely bear you a son, and you must name him Isaac .<(Meaning “Laughter”) And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant to his offspring<(Literally, “seed”) after him . (20) But as regards Ishʹma·el, I have heard you. Look! I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him very, very much. He will produce 12 chieftains, and I will make him become a great nation. (21) However, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this appointed time next year.”
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Genesis 21:10-12
But Sarah kept noticing that the son of Haʹgar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, was mocking Isaac. (10) So she said to Abraham: “Drive out this slave girl and her son, for the son of this slave girl is not going to be an heir along with my son, with Isaac!” (11) But what she said about his son was very displeasing to Abraham. (12) Then God said to Abraham: “Do not be displeased by what Sarah is saying to you about the boy and about your slave girl. Listen to her,<(Literally, “to her voice”) for what will be called your offspring <(Literally, “seed”)will be through Isaac.
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What about the other sons Abraham had with his concubines? Would they inherit a piece of the Abrahamic promise (covenant)?

Genesis 25:5,6
Later on Abraham gave everything he had to Isaac,  (6)  but Abraham gave gifts to his sons by his concubines. Then while he was still alive, he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the land of the East.
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So according to the Jewish Tanakh, Ishmael and the other sons of Abraham did NOT inherit the covenant God made with Abraham, just Isaac.

Allah is Arabic for the God in English. It is not a personal name it is a descriptor or a title like "Human""Man" or "Woman".

Such titles have been turned into personal names like Adam which means "Man", however notice that his is not translated as "Man" in English.

God's name in Arabic is Yawah - يهوه . In Aramaic/Hebrew it is Yahweh and in English it is Jehovah.

What does Yahweh mean?

"He Causes To Become" derived from the Hebrew verb ha·wahʹ (become).

Allah of Islam is not the same as Yawah - يهوه.

The Canaanites also said their Sky god EL was the true and only God, he was the father of the storm god Ba'al (the Lord or Master) sound familiar?

The Jews knew better because thier God's name was YAHWEH ELOHIM, in Arabic YAWAH ALLAH (يهوه الله) and in English JEHOVAH GOD!!!

Yaweh's (يهوه) name can be found in the Jewish Tanakh (or Old Testament) "6,282" times and it was also found in the Christian Greek Scriptures (the New Testament) 237 times, usually quoting the Tanakh.

Yawah Allah's (يهوه الله) name is not in the Qur'an at all! So how could the Qur'an be inspired by Yahwah Allah (يهوه الله) if his name is both found in it?

Of course Jehovah is not in the Tanakh (the Torah, the Ketuvim and Nevii'im), however Yahweh (the Aramaic/Hebrew translation) is!

In fact Yahweh is in the Tanakh 6,828 times.

God is not in the Bible either, but Elohim is!

Are you staarting to understand? The reason Jehovah in the Hebrew Tanakh is because Jehovah is the ENGLISH translation for the Aramaic/Hebrew Yahweh.

The Canaanites worshipped a Sky diety called EL, he was the father of the storm god Ba'al (yes, that Ba'al).

The Canaanites also said EL was the supreme god, but he was not the God of the Hebrews (Jews), they knew that their God's name was/is Yahweh!

His name mean "He Causes To Become" derived from the Hebrew verb ha·wahʹ (become).

In the Messianic (Christian) Scriptures: the name Yahweh can be found 237 times, usually quoting the Tanakh.

In the English language Bible, we know him as Jehovah or Jehovah God.

Allah, Elohim or God, is not Yawah Allah's (Arabic) name, Allah, Elohim or God is who and what he is, not his personal name.

It's like calling me Human or Man and saying that is my name. Then changing EVERYONES name to Human or Man or Woman. Who would we know we are calling? If everyone has the same name?

We all have names, but the Creator (another title) doesn't?