Al-Khalil (2)

Anger was burning in their hearts. They decided to throw Abraham into the biggest fire they could build. According to Shu'ayb al-Jaba'i, the name of the man who offered to burn Abraham was Hayzan, and Allah caused the earth to swallow him up. He will be tossed around therein until the.Day of Resurrection. Then all the citizens were ordered to gather wood as a service to their gods. Ignorant, sick women vowed that if they were cured they would donate so much wood to burn Abraham. For several days they collected fuel. They dug a deep pit, filled it with firewood and ignited it.
They brought manzaniq (a catapult) with which to cast Abraham into the fire. Abraham was put on the catapult, his hands and feet were tied. The fire was ready with its flame reaching the sky. The people stood away from the pit because of the great heat. The force of its heat got so much that a bird passing over it would have been burned. then they brought Abraham and set him on the catalput. Gabriel came to Abraham while he was being tied up and shackled to be thrown into the fire, and he said, "O Abraham! Do you need anything?" Abraham replied, "From you, no!" Then Abraham raised his head to heaven , and heaven and earth and the mountains and the angels all said , "Our Lord! Abraham, the only one on Your earth who worships you, is being burned in fire for Your sake. Permit us to help him !" And Allah said , "I am most knowledgeable about him. If he calls on you, help him, for I have given permission for that. But if he calls on no one but Me, I am his Friend; leave it between Me and him. I will protect him." When he raised his head to heaven, Abraham said, "My Lord! You are alone in heaven and I am alone on earth-there is no one besides me who worships You. Allah is sufficient for me, and how goodly is He in Whom I trust ."

Then the chief priest gave his order to cast Abraham into the fire. The catapult was shot and Abraham was cast into the fire. But his descent into the blaze was as descent on steps in a cool garden. The flames were still there, but they did not burn for Allah issued His command, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham." (Surah Al-Anbya [21]:69). According to al-Suddi, When they pushed Abraham into the fire, Allah called out to it saying , "O fire! Be coolness and peace for Abraham ," and it was Gabriel who called out. Ibn `Abbas said, "If its cold had not been followed by peace, Abraham would have died of the cold. Every fire on earth that day went out, thinking that it was the one that was meant."
The fire submitted to the will of Allah, becoming cool and safe for Abraham. It only burned his bonds, and he sat in the midst of the fire as if he were sitting in a garden. He glorified and praised Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, with a heart that contained only his love for Allah. There was not any vacant space therein for fear, awe, or worry. It was filled with love only. Fear and awe were dead, and the fire was turned into coolness, making the air pleasant. Those who love Allah as Abraham do did not fear.

The throng, the chiefs, and the priests sad watching the fire from a distance. It was burning their faces and nearly suffocating them. It kept burning for such a long time that the disbeliveers thought it would never be extinguished. According to at-Tabari, when the fire was extinguished, they looked at Abraham and saw that there was another man with him, with Abraham's head in his lap. He was wiping the sweat from his face. It is mentioned that that man was al-Zhil, the angel of shade. Allah had sent down fire to mankind, which, in general, had benefitted from it.
When it did burn out, they were greatly amazed to find Abraham coming out of the pit untouched by the fire. Their faces were black from the smoke, but his was bright with the light and grace of Allah. The raging fire had become cool for Abraham and had only charred the ropes which held him. He walked out of the fire as if he were walking out of a garden. Cries of astonishment were heard from the heathens. This miracle shamed the tyrants, but it did not cool the flame of anger in their hearts. However, after his event many of the people followed Abraham, although some kept their belief a secret for fear of harm or death at the hands of the rulers. Abraham had established a definite reasoning against idolaters. Nothing was left for him except to reason against the people who proclaimed themselves gods.

According to Ibn `Abbas and some of the companions, the first king who ruled over all the earth, east and west, was Nimrod ibn Canaan ibn Cush ibn Shem ibn Noah. There were four such kings who ruled all the earth: Nimrod, Solomon ibn David, Dhu al-Qarnayn, and Nebuchadnezzar-two believers and two infidels. Abraham lived in time when Nimrod ruled.
When Nimmrod, heard of Abraham's safe exit from the fire he became very angry. He feared that the status of godhead he had proclaimed for himself was not challenged by an ordinary human being. He summoned Abraham to the palace and held a dialogue with him. According to at-Tabari, then Nimrod said to Abraham, "Have you seen this God Whom you worship and to Whose worship you call others, and of Whose power you speak, and Whom you glorify above any other? Who is He?" Abraham replied to him, "My Lord, Who gives life and causes death." And Nimrod said, "I, too, give life and cause death." Abraham asked, "How do you give life and death?" He replied, "I shall take two men-two were condemned to death by my order-and I'll kill one of them, so I will have caused him to die, and I'll pardon the other and free him, so I will have made him live." But upon hearing that, Abraham said to him, "Allah causes the sun to rise in the East, so can you make it rise in the West?" Nimrod abashed, and he gave no answer; he knew that he was not able to do that. Allah will not guide the wrongdoing people.

Abraham's fame spread throughout the entire kingdom. People talked about how he had been saved from the blazing fire and how he had debated with the king and left him speechless. In the meantime, Abraham went back to his family. On the way he passed a dust - colored sand dune and said to himself, " Let me take some of this and bring it to my family , to make them feel better when I come to them." So he took some of it to bring to his family. He put his baggage down and slept. His wife arose, went to his baggage and opened it, and found there the best food anyone had ever seen. So she prepared some of it and presented it to him. To his knowledge the family had no food, so he asked, " From where did this come ?" She answered, "From the food which you brought." So he knew that Allah had supplied it to him, and he praised Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
According to Zaid Ibn Aslam, then Allah sent an angel to Nimrod, saying, " Believe in Allah and I will leave you in your realm." Nimrod said, "Is there any lord besides me?" The angel came a second time and said the same, and again Nimrod refused . And he came a third time, and yet again Nimrod refused. So the angel said to him, "Gather your assembly in three days." The tyrant gathered his assembly, and Allah gave a command to the angel and he unleashed upon them a swarm of gnats. The sun was blotted out by their numbers. Allah sent the gnats against them, and they ate their flesh and drank their blood, and nothing but their bones was left.
The king was as before, however; none of that befell him. But Allah sent to him a single gnat which entered his nostril and went on beating the inside of his head with hammers for four hundred years. The most merciful to him of his friends was he who bunched up his hands and beat Nimrod's head with them. He had been a tyrant for four hundred years and Allah punished him for four hundred years-just as long as he had reigned -and then He caused him to die.

Abraham continued calling people to believe in Allah, exerting a great effort to guide his people to the right path. He tried every means to convince them. However in spite of his love and care for his people, they felt angry and deserted him. Only one woman and one man of his people shared his belief in Allah. The woman's name was Sarah and she became his wife. The man's name was Lot and he became a prophet. Sarah was the daughter of Abraham's paternal uncle, Haran, where the city of Harran is attributed to his name.
When Abraham realized that no one else was going to believe in his call, he decided to emigrate. He left his people and traveled with his wife and Lot to a city called Ur, then another called Haran, and then to Palestine. After Palestine, Abraham traveled to Egypt, calling people to believe in Allah wherever he traveled, judging fairly between people, and guiding them to truth and righteousness. Abu Hurairah narrated that Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasions, twice for the sake of Allah, when he said, "I am sick," when his people were holding a festival in honor of their gods, Abraham excused himself by saying he was sick; and when he said, "I have not done this but the big idol has done it." The third was that while Abraham and Sarah, his wife, were going on a journey, they passed by the territory of a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man (Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So, the tyrant sent for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying "Who is this lady?" Abraham said, "She is my sister." Abraham went to Sarah said, "O Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth except you and me. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you are my sister do not contradict my statement." the tyrant then called Sarah, and when she went to him, he tried to take a hold of her with his hand, but his hand got stiff and he was confounded. He asked Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take hold of her for the second time, but his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and he was more comfounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah to again, and he became all right. He then called one of his guards who had brought her and said: "You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a devil." The tyrant then gave Hagar as a maid servant to Sarah. Abraham, gesturing with his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied: "Allah has spoiled the evil plot of the immoral person and gave me Hagar for service."
Abraham's wife Sarah was sterile. She had been given an Egyptian woman Hagar, as a servant. Abraham had aged and his hair was gray and after many years spent in calling people to Allah. Sarah thought she and Abraham were lonely because she could not have a child. Therefore, she offered her husband her servant Hajar in marriage. Hajar gave birth to her first son Ishmael when Abraham was an old man.
According to Ibn Ishaq, when Abraham's wife Sarah bint Haran died, Abraham married a Canaanite woman, Qatiirah bint Yaqtan. She bore his six children, Yaqsan ibn Abraham, Zamran ibn Abraham, Madyan ibn Abraham, Yasbaq ibn Abraham, Suh ibn Abraham, and Basar ibn Abraham. So, Abraham had eight sons altogether, including Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael was his firstborn, the eldest of all his offspring. Yaqsan ibn Abraham married Ra'wah bint Zamar ibn Yaqtan ibn Liidhan ibn Jurhum ibn Yaqtan ibn Eber, and she bore him the Berhers and their mixed groups. Zamran ibn Abraham gave birth to the pipers, who are not known. To Madyan were born the people of Midian, who were the folk of the prophet Shu'ayb ibn Mika'il-all of them were descended from Madyan, and Allah sent Shu'ayb to them as a prophet.

After Abraham had put to the test, after trying to be burnt by his people in the fire, and when Allah commanded him to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, after he had become old enough to walk, and when He made him raise the foundations of the House and devote himself to its rituals, after all of this, Allah put Abraham to the test with still further commands which He has mentioned, for He said, in Surah Al-Baqarah [2]:124, "And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [ Allah ] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [ Allah ] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."
According to Ibn Abbas, this quote, "And [mention, 'O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands,' means that Allah tested him with the acts of ritual purification , five in the head and five in the body. Those in the head are trimming the mustache, rinsing the mouth, cleansing the nostrils with water, using the toothstick , and parting the hair (with the fingers). Those in the body are paring the nails, shaving the pubic hair, circumcision, plucking the armpit, and washing off the traces of feces and urine with water.
In Sahih al-Bukhari, Abu Huraira, radiallahu’anhu, narrated from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits.”
Imam Malik said from Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Musayyab, he said, "Abraham was the first to receive a visitor, circumcised, trimming a mustache, and who first saw gray hair. Abraham said,"O my Lord, what is this? "Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala replied: "It is a greatness, O Abraham." Abraham prayed: "O my Lord, add greatness to me." It was added also, "Abraham is the first person to attenuate his mustache, shave his pubic hair and wear pants."

One day, Abraham begged Allah to show him how He brought the dead back to life. Allah commanded Abraham to take four birds, cut them up and mingle their body parts, divide them into four portions and place them on top of four different hills, then call back the birds in Allah's name. Abraham did as he was told. Immediately the mingled parts of the birds separated to join their original bodies in different places and the birds flew back to Abraham.In Surah Al-Baqarah [2]:260, Allah revealed, "And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [ Allah ] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [ Allah ] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."
Abraham lived on earth worshipping Allah and calling people to monotheism, but he was journeying to Allah, knowing that his days on earth were limited and that they would be followed by death and finally resurrection. The knowledge of life after death filled Abraham with peace and love, and certitude."

Then the pilgrim said, "O young man, we ask Allah to let our path, in this life, end in the Garden of Eden. We beg Him to make us among those who take sufficient provisions from this life, for the dwelling of everlasting delights and constant shade. We ask Allah to make us and our parents and relatives in the grades encompassed by His Mercy, those who shall have no fear, nor ever grieve."
"O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious."

"The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah . It is those who are the truthful." - [QS.49:15]

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Reference :
- Ibn Kathir, Stories of The Prophets, Darussalam
- The History of Al-Tabari Volume II : Prophets and Patriarchs, translated and annotated by William M. Brinner, SUNY Press
- Abu Muhammad Asim Al Maqdisi, Millat Ibrahim,  At-Tibyan.

Al-Khalil (1)

The pilgrim said to the wayfarer, "O young man, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala singled out Abraham for great favours and honour. He was described in the Qur’an as an imam (leader), a haneef (monotheist), and devoted to Allah, All the Prophets who came after him were descended from him and the followers of all religions, Muslims, Christians and Jews, believe in him. Allah made Abraham as a model to be imitated, because of the way he conducted himself and adhered to Tawhid. This honor was given to Abraham when he adhered to Allah's decisions and prohibitions. Abraham is the best of the Prophets and Messengers after our Prophet (ﷺ). Hence, Allah has told us that He took him as Al-Khalil, an intimate friend." The wayfarer said, "Tell me about Al-Khalil, O man of knowledge!" The pligrim said, "Abraham was born into the time of people worshipped idols of stone and wood; others worshipped the planets, stars, sun and moon; still others worshipped their kings and rulers. He was born into that atmosphere. The head of the family was not even an ordinary idolater, but was one who totally rejected Allah and who used to make the idols with his own hands. Some traditions claimed that Abraham's father died before his birth and he was raised by an uncle whom Abraham called father. Other traditions said that his father was alive when he was born, and was named Azer. According to Ibn 'Asakir, a historian, related with what Ibn Abbas said, that Abraham was born in the mountains region of Babylon.
Into that family Abraham was born, destined to stand against his own family, against the entire system of his community. In brief, he stood against all kinds of polytheism. He was endowed with spiritual understanding from an early age. Allah enlightened his heart and mind, gave him wisdom from childhood. During his early childhood, Abraham realized that his father made strange statues. One day, he asked him about what it was he made. His father replied that he made statues of gods. Abraham was astonished and he spontaneously rejected the idea. Being a child he played with such statues sitting on their backs as people sit on the backs of donkeys and mules. One day his father saw him riding the statue of Mardukh and he became furious. He ordered his son not to play with it again. Abraham asked: "What is this statue, father? It has big ears, bigger than ours." His father answered, "It is Mardukh, the god of gods, son! These big ears show his deep knowledge." This made Abraham laugh, he was only seven years old at that time.

Years passed and Abraham grew. Since his childhood, his heart had been full of hatred for these idols. He could not understand how a sane person could make a statue and then worship what he had made. He noticed that these idols did not eat, drink or talk and they could not even turn themselves right side up if someone turned them upside down. How, then could people believe that such statues could harm or benefit them? Abraham 's people had a big temple full of idols, in the middle of which was a niche accommodating the biggest gods which was of different kinds, qualities and shapes. Abraham, who used to go to the temple with his father when he was a child, greatly despised all that wood and stone. What surprised him was the way his people behaved when they entered the temple; they bowed and started to cry, begging and imploring their gods for help as if the idols could hear or understand these requests! At first, such a sight seemed funny to Abraham, but later he began to feel angry. Was it not astonishing that all those people could be deceived? What added to the problem was that his father wanted him to be a priest when he was grown. He wanted nothing more from his son that he revere those statues, yet Abraham never stopped displaying his hatred and disdain of them.
One night Abraham left his house to go to a mountain. He walked alone in the dark until he chose a cave in the mountain where he sat resting his back against its wall. He looked at the sky. He had hardly seen it when he remembered that he was looking at planets and stars which were worshipped by some people on earth. His young heart was filled with tremendous pain. He considered what was beyond the moon, the stars and the planets, i.e. Allah, and was astonished that these celestial bodies were worshipped by men when they had been created to worship and obey their Creator, appearing and disappearing at His command.

Allah revealed in Surah Al-An'am [6]:75-83, "And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith]. So when the night covered him [with darkness], he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I like not those that disappear." And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray." And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allah. Indeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah ." And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember? And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know? They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided. And that was Our [conclusive] argument which We gave Abraham against his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing."
In that debate, Abraham clarified to his people that these celestial bodies do not serve as deities and cannot be worshipped as partners with Allah the Almighty. Indeed these bodies are created things, fashioned, controlled, managed and made to serve. They appear sometimes and disappear at others, going out of sight from our world. However, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala does not lose sight of anything, and nothing can be hidden from Him. He is without end, everlasting without disappearance. There is no other deity but Allah. Abraham made clear to them, first that the celestial bodies are unworthy of worship and second that they are among the signs of Allah. Abraham's reasoning helped to reveal the truth, and then the conflict between him and his people began for the worshippers of the stars and planets did not stand mute. they began arguing and threatening Abraham.

Abraham did his best to make his people heedful to the belief in the oneness of Almighty Allah and to the worship of Him alone. He bade them to firmly renounce the worship of idols. In Suran Al-Anbya [21]:52-56, "When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?" They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them." He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error." They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?" He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify."
All was finished between Abraham and his people and the struggle began. the most amazed and furious was his father (or his uncle who had raised him), for as it is well known, he not only worshipped idols but sculpted and sold them as well. Abraham felt that it was his duty as a good son to advise his father against this evil so that he could be saved from Allah's punishment. Being a wise son he did not make his father feel foolish, nor did he openly laugh at his conduct. He told him that he loved him, thereby hoping to generate fatherly love. Then he gently asked him why he worshipped lifeless idols who could not hear, see or protect him. before his father could become angry he hastily added, in Surah Maryam [19]:43-48, "O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path. O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient. O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]." [His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time." [Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me. And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."

His father's harsh treatment did not stop Abraham from delivering the message of truth. Angry and sad to see people prostate before idols, he was determined to stamp out these practices and went to the town to debate with the people knowing full well that he might suffer harm. Like a wise doctor searching for the cause of a sickness so as to prescribe the proper cure, or like a judge who questioned the accused sharply so that he mighty detect the truth. Abraham asked them, "Do the idols see you when you prostrate before them? Do they benefit you in any way."
They quickly tried to defend their beliefs. They argued that they knew the idols were lifeless but that their forefathers had worshipped them; to them this was proof enough for their belief. Abraham explained that their forefathers had been wrong. This angered them and they retorted, "Are you condemning our gods and our forefathers? Or are you just joking?" Abraham showed no fear as he replied: "I am serious. I come to you with a true religion. I have been sent with guidance from our Lord Who alone is worthy of worship, Who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and Who regulates all affairs of life, unlike the dumb idols which are just stone and wood." To convince them that the idols could not harm him, he challenged: "I have already condemned them; of they had any power they would have harmed me by now!"
For a second time, Abraham reasons with his people. Allah recounted, in Surah Ash-Shu'ara [26]:69-82, "And recite to them the news of Abraham, When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?" They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted." He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate? Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?" They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus." He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping, You and your ancient forefathers? Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds, Who created me, and He [it is Who] guides me. And it is He Who feeds me and gives me drink. And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me. And Who will cause me to die and then bring me to life. And Who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."

He explained to them the beauty of Allah's creation, His power and wisdom. Idol worship is detested by Allah for Allah is the Lord of the universe Who created mankind, guided him and provided him with food and drink and cured him when he was sick and Who will cause him to die and be raised up again. It was He to Whom Abraham prayed and Who would forgive his sins on the Day of Judgment. However, they would not give up but clung fast to idolatry. Abraham left his father's house and abandoned his people and what they worshipped.
He decide to do something about their state of disbelief, but did not reveal it. He knew that there was going to be a great celebration on the other bank of the river which would be attended by all the people. Abraham waited until the city was empty, then came out cautiously, directing his steps towards the temple. the streets leading to it were empty and the temple itself was deserted for the priests
had also gone to the festival outside the city. Abraham went there carrying a sharp axe. He looked at the stone and wood statues of the gods and at the food laid in front of them as offerings. He approached one of the statues and asked, "The food in front of you is getting cold. Why don't you eat?" the statue kept silent and rigid. Abraham asked all the other statues around him, "Will you not eat of the offering before you?" He was mocking them for he knew they would not eat. He once again asked then, "What is the matter with you that you do not speak?"
He then raised his axe and started smashing the false gods worshipped by the people. He destroyed them all except one on whose neck he hung the axe. After this his anger subsides and he felt at peace. He left the temple. He had fulfilled his vow to show his people a practical proof of their foolishness in worshipping something other than Allah.

When the people returned, they were shocked to see their gods smashed to pieces, lying scattered all over the temple. They began to guess who had done that to their idols and Abraham's name came to their minds. Allah said, in surah Al-Anbya [21]:59-67, "They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers." They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham." They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify." They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?" He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak." So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers." Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!" He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you? Uff to you and to what you worship instead of Allah. Then will you not use reason?"
Furious, they demanded that Abraham be arrested and tried. Abraham did not resist. this was precisely what he had been aiming for, so that he could show them up in public for their foolish beliefs. At the trial they asked him if he was responsible for breaking the idols. Smiling, he told them to ask the biggest idol which was still whole. He told them that he must be the culprit! They replied that he knew well that the idol could not speak or move which gave Abraham the chance to prove the foolishness of worshipping these lifeless objects. They then realized the senselessness of their beliefs; however, their arrogance would not allow them to admit their foolishness. All they could do was to use their power of authority as tyrants usually do to punish Abraham. They kept him in chains and planned their revenge.

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