Story of PROPHET: ABRAHAM - IBRAHIM (عليه السلام) Part 6 Chapter 6

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

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PROPHET: ABRAHAM - IBRAHIM (عليه السلام)

PART: 6 (Chapter – 6)

BABYLON AND IDOL WORSHIP

The people of Babylon worshiped idols and they are those with whom Abraham argued about their patterns of worship, broke their idols in pieces in all humiliation and proved their falsehood. As Allah said: “And he said: ‘You have taken idols (for worship) other than Allah, only out of mutual affection between yourselves in this life. But on the Day of Judgement, you will reject each other, and you will curse each other, and your abode will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.’” (29:25)

“And We bestowed on Abraham before, his rectitude of conduct, and We were well-aware of him. When he said to his father and his people: ‘What are these statues to which you are so devoted?’ They said: ‘We found our fathers worshiping them.’ He said: ‘You and your fathers are certainly in manifest error.’ They said: ‘Have you come to us with the truth or you are only a jester?’ He said: ‘But your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who originated them, and I am one of those who bear witness to that.” (21:51-56)

BLIND FOLLOWING FOREFATHERS IN IDOL WORSHIP

Here Allah has informed us that Abraham renounced the practice of his people in their worship of idols and demeaned it by saying: “What are these statues to which you are so devoted?” (21:52) Meaning you attend to them with devotion and humility. “They said: ‘We found our fathers worshiping them.” (21:53) 

Their evidence was nothing but blind following of the patterns of their fathers and ancestors in their worship of idols.

“He said: ‘You and your fathers are certainly in manifest error.’” (21:54) It is said in another Verse: “When he said to his father and to his people: ‘What is that you worship? Do you seek falsehood, gods other than Allah that you desire? What do you think about the Lord of the worlds? (37:85-87) 

Qatadah said: It means what do you think that Allah will do with you when you meet Him ultimately after you have worshiped idols?

DO THE IDOLS HEAR YOU?

“Do they hear you when you call, or do they benefit you or harm you?’ They said: ‘No, but we found our fathers doing the same.”

 (26:72-74).

 The people of Abraham accepted the fact that their idols do not hear anyone who calls them, neither do they benefit or harm anybody. The only reason that they worshiped these idols was that they found their forefathers worshiping them, or those who were deviants from the right path like them.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

To be Continued…

ان شاء الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰ

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