The Star - 53:37
And of Abraham who fulfilled his promise.
The promise that Prophet Abraham made and fulfilled by making Allah his guarantor:
The Prophets/21:51
We had bestowed on Abraham the gift of understanding and comprehension before, and We knew him well.
وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمَ رُشْدَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِه۪ عَالِم۪ينَۚ
The Prophets/21:52
"He said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you devote yourselves?"
اِذْ قَالَ لِاَب۪يهِ وَقَوْمِه۪ مَا هٰذِهِ التَّمَاث۪يلُ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ
The Prophets/21:53
"They said: "We found our fathers serving them"."
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِد۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:54
"When he said: "Verily, you and your fathers have fallen into manifest error","
قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ
The Prophets/21:55
"They said: "Have you brought us the truth or are you playing a game?"
قَالُٓوا اَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ اَمْ اَنْتَ مِنَ اللَّاعِب۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:56
"He said, "Indeed your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; He created them separately. I am of those who bear witness to this."
قَالَ بَلْ رَبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ الَّذ۪ي فَطَرَهُنَّۘ وَاَنَا۬ عَلٰى ذٰلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِد۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:57
"He said, "By Allah, as soon as you leave, I will execute a plan against your statues after you."
وَتَاللّٰهِ لَاَك۪يدَنَّ اَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِر۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:58
He tore them all to pieces, but did not touch the greatest of them, lest they might consult him.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذاً اِلَّا كَب۪يراً لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ اِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
The Prophets/21:59
"They said, "Whoever has done this to our gods is a true oppressor."
قَالُوا مَنْ فَعَلَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَٓا اِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:60
We heard of a young man who talked about them; he was called Abraham.
قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَـهُٓ اِبْرٰه۪يمُۜ
The Prophets/21:61
"They said, "Bring him before the people so that they may be witnesses."
قَالُوا فَأْتُوا بِه۪ عَلٰٓى اَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ
The Prophets/21:62
Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?
قَالُٓوا ءَاَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَا يَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمُۜ
The Prophets/21:63
"No, it was those elders of theirs who did it. Ask them, if they speak"."
قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۗ كَب۪يرُهُمْ هٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ اِنْ كَانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ
The Prophets/21:64
"They turned to their own conscience and said to themselves: "Indeed you are wrongdoers."
فَرَجَعُٓوا اِلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُٓوا اِنَّكُمْ اَنْتُمُ الظَّالِمُونَۙ
The Prophets/21:65
"Then they returned to their old minds: "You know very well that they cannot speak!"
ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا عَلٰى رُؤُ۫سِهِمْۚ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ يَنْطِقُونَ
The Prophets/21:67
Woe to you and those whom you serve beside Allah. Do you not use your intellect?
اُفٍّ لَكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
The Prophets/21:68
"They said: "If you are going to do something, burn it and support your gods"."
قَالُوا حَرِّقُوهُ وَانْصُرُٓوا اٰلِهَتَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِل۪ينَ
The Prophets/21:69
"We said: "O Fire, be cool and safe for Abraham"."
قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُون۪ي بَرْداً وَسَلَاماً عَلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَۙ
The Prophets/21:70
So they tried to devise a plan for him, but We doomed them to failure.
وَاَرَادُوا بِه۪ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْاَخْسَر۪ينَۚ
The Prophets/21:71
And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had made sacred for all mankind.
وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَلُوطاً اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَا لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ