May Allah’s best blessings and peace be upon noble Prophet Ibrahim AS, his sons Ismail and Is’haq AS, his grandson, Yaakub AS, his great grandson Yusuf, his later descendants Musa and Isa AS, and upon all the prophets in his line, up to the last of them all, Allah’s illustrious Messenger, Muhammad SAW. Yaakub AS is mentioned in the Qur’an 20 times. Through that fire, its makers intended to burn not just Ibrahim AS, but the truth, which they refused to accept – to rid of it once and for all, or so they imagined. Meanwhile, Ibrahim AS was born in the cave, where he spent his early years. Unrecognized Email or Password, please try again. One day three handsome strangers, whom Ibrahim AS naturally enough took to be travellers, appeared at his door. I have been unjust to myself. “I entered by permission of its Lord,” the stranger replied. T he Messenger of Allah, Ibrahim (Abraham), peace and blessings of Allah be upon him (pbbuh), was mentioned in the Holy Quran, by name, 69 times. I offered prayers with some of them and did not hear them say so. When Ibrahim AS said to him, “My Lord is the One who gives life and causes death” (Qur’an 2:258), Nimrud retorted, “I give life and cause death.” (Qur’an 2:258), Allah the Lord of Majesty and Honour, granted His prophet a decisive argument and which to defeat the earthly king who had set himself up as a rival and authority. Pray God to reward me with martyrdom.’ The Holy Prophet (SAW) prayed for him. Some 2500 years later, the last and greatest of all prophets, Muhammad SAW, was to become the fulfilment of Ibrahim’s AS prayer – a messenger from among the inhabitants of Mecca who brought Allah’s final revelation and guidance, not only to the people of his city and region, but to the entire world. When day dawned and he saw the sun rising, he claimed the sun to be his Lord but then the sun too set (Qur’an 6:78). Hence, they are content with what is as little as possible. When his people argued with him, Ibrahim AS replied that no harm could possibly come to him from the false gods unless Allah Himself willed to test him and event then, whatever happens to him will be from Allah, not from the lifeless, powerless statues or heavenly bodies the misguided people worshipped. An angel, with the keys of treasures of the earth, came down and said to him: ‘O Mohammad! Then Jibrael AS said to her, “Do not be afraid of perishing, indeed this is the site of the House of Allah, which will be built by this boy and his father, indeed Allah does not let his people perish.”. The capital city, Ur, fell and Nimrud was captured along with the idol of the chief god, as a result of which the people of Ur completely lost faith in the false gods that had failed to protect them from ruin. Ibrahim’s AS prayer for the people of Mecca, (Qur’an 2:129) was also fulfilled through Muhammad SAW. When night fell, he saw a star and exclaimed it to be his Lord (Qur’an 6:76) and likewise when he saw the moon rising (Qur’an 6:67). Allah answered his prayer for a son from among the righteous (Qur’an 37:100) by granting him Ishaq as well as Ismail AS. Azar was an idol-worshipper and thus would have taught Ibrahim AS about the religion of deities and temples. In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful. It shows that circumcision was obligatory upon him and therefore obligatory on all men. In the words of Imam Ali, the pious see the world as the house of the wretched, the house of sorrows, the house of opponents, the source of every sin and calamity, a passing cloud-shadow, a dream, a vanity fair, or the ultimate goal of the wretched.16 Therefore, there is no room for the pious to give importance to such a world. But receive the glad tidings of Paradise, which you have been promised! And he was very fond of showing hospitality to guests. Nimrud gathered his army and people at sunrise, and Allah sent upon them an army of mosquitoes in such a number that they overshadowed the sun. Later, when the people came back to take back their food, they found idols smashed and broken upon the ground. Historical records bear out the fact that after the emigration of Ibrahim AS and the believers, Nimrud’s kingdom was afflicted by continuous disasters. It is said the fire started to flame and began a huge blaze and its sparks seemed to be touching the sky. 1. And Allah praises Ibrahim AS with the highest praise and honour in the Qur’an verses 37:105-111. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Question:. Allah revealed to him a sacred scripture, mentioned in (Qur’an 87:18-19). In the Qur’an, God All-Mighty mentions Jesus by name no less than 34 times; 26 times as ‘Jesus’ and 8 times as ‘the Messiah’. For although some among them certainly recognised the truth of his words, they struck at the very foundations of their false beliefs and established way of life. Allah descended the Qur’an gradually to His prophet, Muhammad -peace and blessings of Allah be upon him- . Anyone who cares for religion, and cares much for Muslims and suffers to see unmanly acts must be thin. “Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy.” (Qur’an 15:53). “My Lord,” Ibrahim AS said humbly, “show me how You give life to the dead” (Qur’an 2:260). And according to his endlessly wise, all-embracing divine plan, the second thus granted to Ibrahim AS and Sarah in their advanced old age was, like his half-brother Ismail AS, destined to become a vital link in the future of revealed religion. (Bukhari). There are many beautiful phrases in the Qur’an describing the sanctity of the Kaabah and the purpose of its building. © Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project 1995-2021. Therefore, take from this world for your abode. (Qur’an, 59:7) It is true that some of the Shia ulama do not mention “I bear witness that Ali is the friend (wali) of Allah” in the azan or the iqamah. According to the account of Ibn Abbas RA, he flung himself down, saying to his companions, “Indeed, I am ill”, meaning “My foot is in pain.” (Qur’an 37:88-89). He ranks among the five greatest prophets. Finally when Shaytan realised that Ibrahim AS was firm and intent upon carrying out Allah’s command, he left him alone. It is He who makes me feel sad, makes me wakeful at night and hungry during the day. He grew up quickly, without seeing any human beings besides his parents. It was the following declaration to their unbelieving people, which has been memorialised in Book of Allah: “Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. 1 Qur'an. And she began to make a trough around it, using her hands, and began scooping up the water into her waterskin. 4. The people had prepared food and placed it before the gods, saying, “When we come back, the gods will have blessed our food, and we will eat.”. While Sarah’s feelings may have been something of a factor, it cannot have been the real reason for Ibrahim’s action. He is described by Allah as being an Ummah (Qur’an 16:120-123). In time to come Mecca was to become a centre of trade whose commerce flourished through the journeys of merchant caravans to the neighbouring lands in the north and south. Therefore, whoever endures hardship will enter paradise. Ibn Abbas RA narrated Prophet Muhammad SAW as saying, “May Allah have mercy upon Umm Ismail. Allah, the Lord of creation, Guardian and Protector of believers, commanded, “O fire, be coolness and safety upon Ibrahim.” (Qur’an 21:69). Truly, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.”, Acknowledgement: Most of the information for this work has been obtained from:“A History of Prophets of Islam”, Volume I, by Suzanne Haneef“Stories of the Prophets”, by Ibn Kathir (Translation by Rashad Ahmad Azami), Tagged Abraham(pbuh), Ibrahim (as), Prophets in Islam. Mines are related to gold, credits, buildings, palaces, tools, dishes and their likes. Ihsan because Allah did not specify the kind of al-Ihsan to be done. “Hasbunallah wa ni’mal Wakil – Allah is sufficient for us and how excellent a Protector!” (Bukhari). “Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate. And he was valued by them and pleased them when he became a young man, and when he reached the age of maturity they married him to one of their women. Commentators confirm that after Sarah, he married a Canaanite woman named Keturah and she bore him 6 sons, from which Prophet Shu’ayb AS is said to have been a descendant of Ibrahim  AS. Scholars of ethics have classified the world into that of mines, plants and animals. Their bodies are thin, for anyone who is afraid of death, the Day of Judgment, and Reckoning shall be naturally thin. Ibrahim AS wished him peace and promised his father to pray to Allah to forgive him. “Do you not eat? Allah had granted Ibrahim AS pious sons and made his progeny the Prophethood and the Book. The meaning of the eagerness for reward (paradise) is clear, but the fear of chastisement is to remain in this world and to be exposed to fire because of passions and desires. “Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord, he announced, “He will guide me.”(Qur’an 37:99), He then cut himself off forever from everything that his people stood for and worshipped by declaring to his father and his people, “Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me.” (Qur’an 43:26-27), And Ibrahim AS made his witnessing to the Oneness of the partnerless Creator and the falsity of all deities but Him a word remaining among his descendants that they might return to it. The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) had put a rock on his belly (because of hunger). And it is such that I look at the inhabitants of hell and see them crying. Soon, he took part in a battle and was the tenth martyr after nine other martyrs.”12, The same happened to Harithah ibn Malik. Hearing this, Nimrud left and moved to another town, compelling everyone to move with him and ordering the killing of any boy to be born to them. Then Ibrahim AS told his father about what Allah has bestowed upon him of guidance and beneficial knowledge for the guidance of mankind though he was younger in his age than his father. (Qur’an 11:73). It is said that the angel of shade sat at his side, comforting him, and indeed Prophet Muhammad SAW mentioned that the fire burned nothing on Ibrahim AS except the ropes that bound him. What is the truth of your conviction?’ The young man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Rather, he understood his sacrifice of his son as something that must happen. Consequently, Ibrahim AS came to his Lord with a sound heart, free of any trace of doubt or questioning. After a 2 month journey, he was surprised to find Mecca a lot different from how he had left it. A validation e-mail has been sent to your e-mail address. When Hagar gave birth to Ismail, Sarah felt ill towards her, and asked Ibrahim AS to hide her face from her. Ibrahim’s AS people had had enough of the man who rebelled against their gods. Prophet Jesus (a.s.) used to say: “My food is hunger, my shirt is fear, my garment is woolen, my horse is my two feet, my lamp is the moon, my warmth is the sunlight, my fruit is what is grown out of the earth for the quadrupeds, I spend the night while I have nothing, but yet there is no one wealthier than I am.”33, Solayman ibn Dawood (Prophet Solomon son of David) (a.s.) ate barley bread, wore shabby clothes at nights, fastened his hands to his neck, passed the night weeping, and said: “O Lord! So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?” (Qur’an 6:80-81). Then with one final thrust at their false gods and false religion, he drove home his point: “that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? [1 ] This Chapter covers major aspects of his life, particularly in relation to teaching the Message he received from God, as mentioned in the Holy Quran. It is clear from the subsequent events to follow that Ibrahim AS did what he did, as he did everything else, by the command of his Lord. Ibrahim AS rejoiced, as it became clear to him that this announcement had in truth come from none other than Allah Himself. It is said that he was about to cut his throat in such a way as not to see his face. What is with you that you do not speak?” (Qur’an 37:91-92), he demanded. When she reached Marwah in the last round, she heard a voice and became quiet. 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