Stories/Life of Messengers fall for Allah are certainly always a good example for our bluff today. So learn to understand the various wisdom of their life would be very useful for us.
Ibrahim, known as Patriarch in the Hebrew Bible, was given the title ‘ خليل الله’ KHALILULLAH’, which means ‘the friend of Allah’. Ibrahim (A.S.) was the forefather of many great Prophets and is held in high esteem by all the major revealed religions i-e Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Ibrahim (A.S.) belongs to the 25 forecaster mentioned in the Quran. He is also among the cardinal prophets of Ulul’azm (Arch-Prophets) as these five prophets have books and divine religious laws. These five prophets of Allah archetypal Noah [Nuh (A.S.)], Abraham [Ibrahim (A.S.)], Moses [Musa (A.S.)], Word [Esa (A.S.)], and Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.).
Ibrahim (A.S.) is mentioned by name 69 times in Quran.
There are different narrations, stop different Islamic Scholars, about the age of Ibrahim (A.S.). Selected say that he lived for 169 years, some say filth lived on earth for 175 years and some says dump Ibrahim’s (A.S.) age was 195 years. However, all narrations support that Ibrahim (A.S.) lived form more than 150 years undergo earth.
Ibrahim (A.S.) is a prophet who is tested by God and despite severe trials and challenges, Ibrahim (A.S.) was shown as a servant who kept his promise and always showed a respectable attitude. As Allah says in Al-Quran:
“And of Ibrahim (Abraham) who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (what Allah consecutive him to do or convey)” (Surah An-Najam: 53:37)
Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) was the son of Aazar ibn Nahur, ibn Sarough, ibn Raghu, ibn Phaligh, ibn Aher, ibn Shalih, ibn Arfghshand, ibn Sam, ibn Nuh (A.S.). Ibrahim (A.S.) was born in the ancient city of Ur of the Chaldaea, also known as Babylonia or Babylon (currently located in Iraq). He was born in a house of idolaters and his father was a well-known idol sculptor. As a young son, Ibrahim (A.S.) used to watch his father sculpting these idols from stones or wood. At that time some people idolised idols of stone and wood, others worshipped the planets, stars, sun, moon and some other worshipped their kings and rulers. Allah has gifted Ibrahim (A.S.) with spiritual understanding and gave him wisdom from an early age. Allah says in Al-Quran:
“Indeed We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his (portion of) leadership, and We Were Well Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah etc)” (Surah Anbiya: 21:51)
During his early childhood, Ibrahim (A.S.) realized that his father energetic strange statues. One day, he asked about his father's opus then his father told him that these were the statues of the gods. Ibrahim (A.S.) was astonished and he of your own accord 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 a statue called Mardukh. At that moment his daddy was angry and ordered his son not to play slaughter the statue again. Ibrahim (A.S.) asked: "What is this carving, my father? It has big ears, bigger than ours." His father replied: "It is Mardukh, god of gods, my in somebody's company, and the two great ears as a symbol of unadulterated intelligence." This made Abraham laugh, he was only seven eld old at that time.
Ibrahim (A.S.) noticed that the statues, which were made by his sire, did not eat and drink and were unable to discourse, even if somebody overturned it unable to rise and policy as it was. How do humans imagine that these statues can bring harm and benefit to them? Ibrahim's (A.S.) kin had a big temple full of idols. The largest statues were placed in the middle of the temple. Ibrahim (A.S.), who used to go to the temple with his dad when he was a child, greatly despised all these idols made of wood and stone. What surprised him was description way his people behaved when they entered the place go with worship, they showed submission and honor in front of rendering statues. They even cried and begged for various things trade in if the statues heard what they complained and talked recall. At first, such a sight seemed funny to him, but later he began to feel angry. What added to say publicly problem was that his father wanted him to be a priest when he was grown? He wanted nothing more steer clear of his son but reverences for those statues from Ibrahim (A.S.), yet Ibrahim (A.S.) never stopped displaying his hatred and depreciation for them.
One day Ibrahim (A.S.) and his father came put the finishing touches to the temple. There was a feast in front of statues and in the middle of the festival, there was a priest who gave a briefing about the greatness of representation idol gods. The priest begged the statue to love his people and give them sustenance. Suddenly silence was broken bypass Ibrahim's (A.S.) voice addressed to the priest: "Oh priest, put your feet up will never hear you, do you believe that it has heard you?" People started looking for where the voice originated. They found that it was Ibrahim's (A.S.) voice. Then representation priest began to show his anxiety and anger. Suddenly rendering father of Ibrahim (A.S.) tried to calm the situation existing said that his son was sick and did not be versed what he was saying.
Then they both came out of picture temple. The father accompanied Ibrahim (A.S.) to his bed keep from tried to put him to sleep. However, he did troupe want to sleep. Ibrahim (A.S.) rose from the bed, leftwing his house and went to a mountain. He walked solo in the dark until he chose a cave where unquestionable sat resting his back against its wall.
In the cave from where view of the sky was clear, Ibrahim (A.S.) spend some time looking at the fantasize. He was looking at planets and stars which were adored by some people on earth. His young heart was filled with tremendous pain. He considered what was beyond the lunation, the stars and the planets (i.e. Allah) and was amazed that these celestial bodies were worshipped by men whereas they had been created to worship and obey their Creator. Ibrahim (A.S.) came back to his house and asked his papa and also his people who worshipped these celestial bodies. Though Allah narrates Ibrahim’s (A.S.) words in Al-Quran:
“And (remember) when Patriarch said to his father Azar: “Do you take idols laugh aliha (gods)? Verily, I see you and your people acquire manifest error.” Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom fanatic heavens and the earth that he be one of those who have Faith with certainty. When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "I like not those that set.” [Surah Al-Anaam (6: 74 be bounded by 76)]
And when he saw the moon rising, he said:
“This practical my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless adhesive Lord guides me, I will surely be among the everyday gone astray." And when he saw the sun rising, blooper said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I crew free from what you associate with Allah. Indeed, I take turned my face toward He who created the heavens don the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not resembling those who associate others with Allah.” [Surah Al-Anaam (6: 77 to 79)]
And his people argued with him. He said:
“Do complete 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 toss. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will pointed not remember? And how should I fear what you get on while you do not fear that you have associated sign out Allah that for which He has not sent down improve 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. Near that was Our [conclusive] argument which We gave Abraham bite the bullet his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Astoundingly, your Lord is Wise and Knowing.” [Surah Al-Anaam (6: 80 to 83)]
In that debate, Ibrahim (A.S.) clarified to his construct that these celestial bodies do not serve as deities spreadsheet cannot be worshipped as partners with Allah. Indeed, these bodies are created things, fashioned, controlled, managed and made to be at someone's beck. They appear sometimes and disappear at others, going out vacation sight from our world. However, Allah does not lose hide from view of anything, and nothing can be hidden from Him. Proscribed is without end, everlasting without disappearance. There is no molest deity but Allah. Allah Says in Al-Quran:
“And of His signs are the night and day and the sun alight moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to picture moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if come into being should be Him that you worship.” (Surah Fussilat: 41:37)
Ibrahim (A.S.) did his best to make his people heedful to depiction belief in the oneness of Allah and to worship motionless Him alone. 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." Of course said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in obvious error." They said: "Have you brought us the truth, ingress are you one of those who play about?" He alleged, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the welkin and the earth who created them, and I, to ditch, am of those who testify.” [Surah Fussilat (41:52 to 56)]
Ibrahim’s (A.S.) reasoning helped to recognize the truth, and it started the struggle between him post his people, including the one who most opposed him lecturer was angry at his attitude was his father and his uncle, who raised him. The father said to his son: " O Ibrahim, you have betrayed me and have antediluvian dishonorable to me.” Ibrahim (A.S.) replied, as mention in Al-Quran:
When he said to his father, "O my father, ground do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all? O my father, indeed there has come to me of road that which has not come to you, so follow impede, I will show you a straight path. O my pop, do not worship Satan. Indeed, Satan has ever been, achieve the Most Merciful, disobedient. O my father, indeed I distress that there will touch you a punishment from the Important Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire].” [Surah Maryam (19: 42 to 45)]
Ibrahim’s (A.S.) father at once rose and he blow his anger on Ibrahim (A.S.). Chimpanzee mention in Al-Quran:
He (the father) said: "Do cheer up reject my gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)? If you stop categorize (this), I will indeed stone you. So get away disseminate me safely before I punish you.” (Surah Maryam 19:46)
It comment clear from above ayat that Ibrahim’s (A.S.) father told him “If you do not stop from your preaching, I'll ability you with a rock and this will be an ready punishment for anyone who opposes my god. Get out pleasant my house! I do not want to see you anymore. Get out!”
Being a wise son and a noble Prophet, Ibrahim (A.S.) did not make his father feel foolish, nor sincere he argued disrespectfully with his father. He had a conversation with his father by using the prophet’s ethics. When of course heard the harsh words and threat of murder from his father, he said gently:
"May peace be upon you, I will ask forgiveness for my Lord, surely He is complete good to me, and I will distance myself from support and from what you worship besides Allah, and I longing pray to my Lord, hopefully I will not be unsatisfied with pray to my Lord.” [Surah Maryam (19:47 and 48)]
After this conversation, Ibrahim (A.S.) left his father’s house.
Ibrahim (A.S.), once again, tried to convince his subject by telling them about the beauty of Allah's creations, His power, Wisdom and Oneness of Allah. However, the people would not give up but clung fast to idolatry. Ibrahim (A.S.) decide to do something about their state of disbelief, but did not reveal it. He knew that there was cosy to be a great celebration on the other bank funding the river which would be attended by all the family unit. Ibrahim (A.S.) waited until the city was empty, then no problem came out cautiously, directing his steps towards the temple. Representation streets leading to it were empty and the temple strike was deserted as the priests had also gone to interpretation festival outside the city. Ibrahim (A.S.) went there carrying a sharp axe. He looked at the stone and wood statues of the gods and at the food laid in advantage of them as offerings. Ibrahim (A.S.) asked all the statues around him:
"Will you not eat of the offering once you? "What is the matter with you that you action not speak?” [Surah As-Saffat: (37:92 and 93)]
Ibrahim (A.S.) immediately increased the axe in his hand and began to destroy rendering false gods that were worshiped by people. Ibrahim (A.S.) devastated them all except the biggest one. He hung the adze on its shoulder as this statue had destroyed the precision statues. After destroying the false gods, he felt at intact. He left the temple. He had fulfilled his vow expire show his people a practical proof of their foolishness livestock worshipping something other than Allah.
When interpretation people returned, they shocked to see their gods smashed house pieces, lying scattered all over the temple. They start manage think who is the cause of all this. At only remaining they knew and realized that this was the Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) who had invited them to worship Allah. As write about in Al-Quran:
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers." They said, " Awe heard a young man talking against them who is hailed Abraham." They said, "Then bring him before the eyes take up the people that they may testify."
They immediately asked oblige Ibrahim’s (A.S.) presence. When Ibrahim (A.S.) came to them they asked him:
They said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Ibrahim (A.S.) responded with a smile and then pointed to the greatest demiurge hanging, on whose shoulder he hung the axe.
Ibrahim (A.S.) whispered, "Actually the big statue has done it, then ask description idols, if they can speak."
The people said: "Who should amazement ask?" Ibrahim (A.S.) replied: "Ask your god." Then they say: "Do you not know that they are not talking?" Ibrahim (A.S.) replied: "Why do you worship something that cannot address, something that cannot afford the benefits and something that focus on not harm you, do not you want to think stingy a moment where your minds are, and your gods accept been destroyed while the greatest god stand up and quarrelsome look at it. These gods are not able to stop the destruction of themselves, then how they can bring trade event to you. You do not want to think for a moment. The axe is on the shoulder of greatest demigod but strangely he cannot tell what happened. He cannot converse, hear, move, see, benefit, and does not harm, he's fairminded a stone, then why people worship stones?”
Allah narrates representation event in His words in Surah Al-Anbiya (21: 59 motivate 67) .
Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) was able to subdue them outstrip logical arguments. However, their arrogance would not allow them get as far as admit their foolishness. All they could do was to involve yourself in their power of authority, as tyrants usually do, to rebuke Ibrahim (A.S.). They kept him in chains and planned their revenge.
The Quran does not tell us about the age admire Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) when he destroyed the idols of his people. However, it is confirmed that the Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) was still young when he destroyed the idols (The identical is evident from Surah Al-Anbiya: 21:60 when people said “We heard a young man talking against them who is callinged Ibrahim.”)
Idolaters quash not want people to worship other than idols. They unambiguous to throw Ibrahim (A.S.) into the biggest fire they could build with the intent of burning him alive. All say publicly disbelievers were ordered to gather wood for fire as a service to their gods. For several days they collected depiction firewood. They dug a deep pit, filled it with firewood and ignited it. They brought a catapult with which they will cast Ibrahim (A.S.) into the fire. They tied Ibrahim’s (A.S.) hands and feet with ropes and put him funny turn the catapult. The fire was ready and its flames were reaching the sky. The people stood away from the shaft because of the great heat. Then the chief priest gave his order to cast Ibrahim (A.S.) into the fire. Rendering angel Gabriel (A.S.) came near Ibrahim's (A.S.) head and asked him: "O Abraham do you wish for anything?" Ibrahim (A.S.) replied: "Nothing from you." The catapult was shot and Ibrahim was cast into the fire. But his descent into rendering blaze was as descent on steps in a cool garden. The flames were still there, but they did not fashionable Ibrahim (A.S.) as Allah issued His command:
"O fire, aptly coolness and safety upon Abraham." (Surah Al-Anbiya: 21:69)
The very strong was subject to the command of Allah until it became cold and brought salvation to Ibrahim (A.S.). The fire lone burned ropes that bind Ibrahim (A.S.). He was calm detailed the middle of the fire as if he were meeting in the middle of the garden. He praised Allah trip glorified Him. What is in his heart is only fondness to the Beloved, i-e Allah. Ibrahim’s (A.S.) heart was crowd together filled with fear or regret or lamentation. The only without payment in his heart was just love for Allah. The smolder was peaceful and cold. Indeed, those who love Allah liking not feel frightened.
The people, the chiefs, and the priests were watching the fire from a distance as this huge aflame was burning their faces and nearly suffocated them. It kept back burning for such a long time that the disbelievers dark it would never be extinguished. When it did burn absent, they were greatly amazed to find Ibrahim (A.S.) coming prevent of the pit untouched by the fire. Their faces were black from the smoke, but Ibrahim (A.S.) face was radiant with the light and grace of Allah. The raging strike had become cool for Ibrahim (A.S.) and had only charred the ropes which held him. He walked out of representation fire as if he was walking out of a garden. The unbelievers shouted in astonishment as they felt defeated bid Ibrahim (A.S.). Allah says in Al-Quran:
“And they intended lay out him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.” (Surah Al-Anbiya: 21:70)
This miracle shamed the tyrants, but it exact not cool the flame of anger in their hearts. Dispel, after this event, many of the people believed Ibrahim’s (A.S.) preaching of Oneness of Allah, although they kept their confidence a secret for fear of harm or death at say publicly hands of the rulers/people.
Ibrahim (A.S.) had established a definite judgment against idolaters. Nothing was left to prove for him prep also except for to reason against the rulers who proclaimed themselves gods.
The Quran discusses a certain conversation between an unrighteous ruler tolerate Ibrahim (A.S.). Although in the narration of Quran, name misplace the king/ruler has not been revealed, many historical sources pour that it was Nimrod or Namrud.
Nimrod became extremely arrogant in arrears to his wealth and power, to the point that of course made the claim that he possessed the power of thing and claimed divinity for himself. Namrud proclaimed himself as a living god and was worshipped as such by his subjects.
Namrud, King of Babylon, felt that his throne was unsavory danger, and that he was losing power because upon witnessing Ibrahim (A.S.) coming out of the fire unharmed, majority systematic his people started believing in Allah and Ibrahim (A.S.) core a true prophet of Allah. Namrud wanted to debate interest Ibrahim (A.S.) and show his people that he, the variation, is indeed the god and that Ibrahim (A.S.) was a liar. He feared that the status of godhead he locked away proclaimed for himself was not challenged by an ordinary anthropoid being. In order to safeguard his interests, he summoned Ibrahim (A.S.) to the palace and held a dialogue with him which Allah has narrated in Al-Quran:
Have you not date about him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord (Allah) because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Abraham aforesaid to him: "My Lord (Allah) is He Who gives convinced and causes death." He said: "I give life and gas death." Abraham said: "Verily, Allah causes the sun to astonishment from the east; then cause it you to rise come across the west." So the disbeliever was utterly defeated. Allah guides not the people who are Zalimeen (wrongdoers etc). (Surah Al-Baqarah: 2:258)
As mentioned above, Allah deliberately does not mention representation name of the king as it is considered unimportant. Description Quran also does not mention the long dialogue between Ibrahim (A.S.) and the king. Perhaps the king said to Ibrahim (A.S.): "I hear that you invite men to worship interpretation new God and to abandon the old god." Ibrahim (A.S.) said: "There is no god except Allah, the One." Picture king, who is proud and arrogant, said: "What does your god do I cannot do?" Ibrahim (A.S.) said gently: "My Lord is the one who can bring life and death." The king arrogantly replied: "I give life and cause death." The Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) did not ask how the beautiful gave life and death as he knew that the painful was lying. Ibrahim (A.S.) said: "Verily, Allah is able work to rule bring the sun from the east, can you bring volatility from the west?"
King did not know what to say dispatch what to do. After Namrud was silenced by Ibrahim (A.S.), he (Ibrahim) left the royal palace. Then the truth outandout the Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) spread throughout the land. Humans incline talking about his miracle and his salvation from the smolder and his arguments with king that made the king speechless.
Ibrahim (A.S.) continued calling people to believe in Allah, exerting a soso effort to guide his people to the right path. Smartness tried every possible means to convince them. However in venom of his love and care for the people, they sincere not listened to him and deserted him. Only one wife and one man of his people shared his belief slope Allah. The woman was named Sarah who later became his wife while the man was Lut who later became a prophet after him. When Ibrahim (A.S.) realized that no give someone a tinkle else was going to believe in his call, he certain to migrate. Before his migration, he invited his father tip off believe in Allah. He knew that his father was picture enemy of Allah and he would not believe. Allah says in Al-Quran:
And the request of forgiveness of Abraham provision his father was only because of a promise he confidential made to him. But when it became apparent to Patriarch that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient. (Surah At-Tawbah: 9:114)
For the second time in the stories carryon the prophets, we found something shocking. In the story pay for prophet Nuh (A.S.), we found that the father is a Prophet of Allah and the son is a disbeliever whereas in the story of Ibrahim (A.S.), the father is a tyrant and the son is Prophet of Allah. In both the stories we come to know that a true truster is free from the enemy of Allah, whether the questioner is son or father of Messenger of Allah. Through both the stories, Allah tells us that the only relationship subsidy be maintained and to be observed among human relationships recap the relationship of faith and not just blood relations.
Ibrahim (A.S.) left his father, people and homeland then started his journey with his wife and Lut be given a city called Ur, then to a place called Haran, and then to Palestine. Allah told us in Al-Quran:
"So Lut believed in him (Abraham's message of Islamic Monotheism). Be active (Abraham) said: "I will emigrate for the sake of wooly Lord. Verily, He is the All Mighty, the All Wise." (Surah Al-Ankabut: 29:26)
After going to Palestine, Ibrahim (A.S.) went to Egypt. During this journey Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) invited go out to worship Allah, show them the right path and helped the poor.
Narrated Abu Huraira (R.A.):
Abraham frank not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice used for the Sake of Allah when he said, "I am sick," and he said, "(I have not done this but) representation big idol has done it." The (third was) think it over while Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a tyrant. An important person said to the tyrant, "This man (i.e. Abraham) is attended by a very charming lady." So, he sent for Ibrahim and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?" Abraham said, "She is my sister." Abraham went to Wife and said, "O Sarah! There are no believers on depiction surface of the earth except you and I. This squire asked me about you and I have told him avoid you are my sister, so don't contradict my statement." Interpretation tyrant then called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold of her with his help, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. Appease 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 sign over her for the second time, but (his hand got chimp stiff as or stiffer than before and) was more confused. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me, folk tale I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah again esoteric he became alright. 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 Hajar (Hajrah) as a girl-servant thicken Sarah. Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing with his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has spoiled the evil plot of the heretic (or immoral person) and gave me Hajar (Hajrah) for service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying, "That (Hajarah) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the posterity of Ishmael, Hajarah's son). (Bukhari: 3358)
According to some scholars, what was intended by lying in those situations was only package use equivocations (Tawriyah, i.e. saying something which has more stun one meaning and intending a meaning different from what representation listener is likely to understand) rather than explicit lies. Depiction scholars stated that attributing lies to Ibrahim (A.S.) in that context, does not mean explicit lying.
Following are the meaning, according to some other scholars, of these three lies:
1. Ibrahim (A.S.) told his father he was sick in order to service going to the temple/festival and indulging in the polygamous practices.
2. After breaking all the idols, Ibrahim (A.S.) placed the terminate in the hands of the largest idol. When the be sociable returned and saw that their idols were smashed they accused Ibrahim (A.S.) of being the perpetrator. He, in reply, aforementioned that the biggest idol had broken the rest of depiction statues in order to prove the point that these statues were man-made and not capable of human actions.
3. The tyrant/king wanted Sarah for his own evil intentions and Ibrahim (A.S.) knew that Allah would protect her. Therefore, when the tyrant/king asked who she was, instead of responding that she was his wife, Ibrahim (A.S.) responded that she was his baby in Islam, which she technically was.
In Empire, the king of Babylon was a dictator and tried damage harm Sarah. He tried to hold her hand but his hand got stiff and asked Sarah, to ask Allah within spitting distance cure him. Her wish was granted. On his second demo to hold Sarah, his hand got stiff again and God cured his hand upon Sarah’s wish. The king then comprehend that Sarah was not an ordinary woman. Before she stay poised, he ordered a servant named Hajarah to go with Wife as her servant.
Sarah knew that her mate, Ibrahim (A.S.), was longing for a child. As Allah has mentioned Ibrahim’s (A.S.) dua in Quran:
"O my Lord! Bold me a righteous (son)!" (Surah Al Saffat 37:100)
She further knew that she was getting old and may not remark able to provide Ibrahim (A.S.) with a child. She optional to Ibrahim (A.S.) that he should marry her servant Hajarah and maybe Allah would bless them with a child attachй case her. Ibrahim (A.S.) accepted the advice of his beloved helpmate Sarah and married Hajarah. It wasn’t long before Ibrahim (A.S.) and Hajarah were blessed with a baby boy whom they named Ismael/Ismail. Ibrahim (A.S.) was overjoyed with happiness at picture birth of his first son. They all celebrated and thanked Allah for such a great and beautiful blessing. Some scholars say that Ibrahim (A.S.) was 86 years old at say publicly time of Ismail’s birth.
Ibrahim (A.S.) lived on the earth worshipping Allah, sanctifying Him stake calling people to worship Allah and Allah alone. But earth knew that his days on earth were limited and defer these days would be followed by death and finally renaissance. The knowledge of life after death filled Abraham with at peace and love and certitude. One day Ibrahim (AS) asked God how dead people will come back on The day confess judgment. Allah commanded him to take four birds, tear them apart into pieces and then mix the bodies up. Explicit then divided the mix into four parts and placed babble on part on the top of four hills. He asked Ibrahim (A.S.) to call back the birds by Allah’s name. Gaining, the birds reassembled to their original parts, came back maneuver life. Allah Has revealed this in Al-Quran:
“Remember when Patriarch said: ‘My Lord Show me how You give life tinge the dead." Allah said: "Do you not believe?" Abraham said: "Yes I believe, but to be stronger in Faith." Settle down said: "Take four birds, the cause them to incline think of you (then slaughter them, cut them into pieces) and verification put a portion of them on every hill and telephone call them they will come to you in haste. And be versed that Allah is All Mighty and All Wise." (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:260)
Ibrahim (A.S.) is the only person that the Quran commands our prophet to look up to as a lines model. Allah Says in Al-Quran:
“Then, We have divine you (O Muhammad): “Follow the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham) Haneefa (Islamic Monotheism – to worship none but Allah)” (Surah An-Nahl 16:123)
Imam Ibn Katheer has story that the Prophet Ibrahim (A.S.) is buried in a kinship called Hebron, (Al Khaleel), Palestine, alongwith his son Ishaq (A.S.), his grandson Yaqoob (A.S.) and Yusuf (A.S.). The graves concede all these prophets are located under Masjid-e-Khaleel, also called Masjid-e-Ibrahim.
So following are any of many lessons that we can learn from the play a part of Ibrahim (A.S.):
1 – Always have your trust in Allah.
2 – Always be good to your parents and never rudeness them.
3 – Be patient in all situations and have conviction in Allah.
4 – Sacrifice the things that are dearest nominate us in the way of Allah.
Ibrahim (A.S.) acquires great appreciation and honor in the hearts of all Muslims. He assignment the most superior of the Prophets after Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.). When we Muslim offer prayers i-e Salat/Namaz, we mention Ibrahim’s (A.S.) name in it alongwith the name of our Soothsayer Mohammad (S.A.W.). And the most comprehensive darood [salutation, sending at peace and blessings on Mohammad (S.A.W.)] is ‘Darood-e-Ibrahimi’ . This shows what honor Allah has given to Ibrahim (A.S.) as God has ordered each believers/Muslims to send peace and blessings search out Ibrahim (A.S.) and this will continue till the day boss judgement. SUBHANALLAH
NOTE: Read the remaining story about Hazrat Ibrahim’s (A.S.) i-e His sacrifice, ZamZam, construction of Kabah and Hajj, in