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Our Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.)
is from the progeny of Prophet
Ibrahim (a.s.) through Prophet
Isma’il (a.s.), while Prophet
Mousa (a.s.) and Prophet Ie’sa
(a.s.) are from the progeny of
Prophet Isha’que (a.s.).
Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.) was tried
and tested by Allah (s.w.t.) and
when he was found successful, he
was appointed the “Imam” of the
people as stated in Surah
al-Baqarah Ayah 124: “When his
Lord tested Ibrahim’s faith (by
His words) and he satisfied the
test, He said: “I am appointing
you as the leader of mankind.”
Ibrahim asked: “Will this
leadership also continue through
my descendants?” The Lord
replied: “The unjust do not have
the right to exercise My
authority.”
Unjust are the wrongdoers who
are unjust to himself or to
others.
Allama Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai,
the author of the famous Tafseer-e-Qur’an,
al-Mizaan, classified wrongdoers
into four categories:
(a) Those who are wrongdoers
throughout their life.
(b) Those who are wrongdoers in
the beginning and became
virtuous later.
(c) Those who are virtuous in
the beginning but became
wrongdoers subsequently.
(d) hose who are not wrongdoers
at any time.
While Prophet Ibra’him was still
a young man, he demonstrated
Tauheed of Allah by destroying
all man-made idols and placed
the hammer in the hand of the
big idol. When asked who
destroyed the remaining idols,
he told them to ask the big idol
if he could speak! The
idol-worshippers threw him in a
mammoth fire, but Allah ordered
the fire to cool down.
Prophet Ibrahim was happily
married to Lady Sarah for a very
long time, but they did not have
any children. Lady Sarah asked
her husband to marry her maid
named Ha’jirah and hence Prophet
Isma’il (a.s.) was born, when
Prophet Ibrahim was about 78 years
old. Later, Allah
ordered him to migrate to the
Hijaz (present day Saudi
Arabia). He arrived in Makkah,
which was a barren land at that
time. He left his infant son
Isma’il and wife Lady Ha’jirah
as stated in Surah
Ibra’him Ayah 37: “Lord, I have
settled some of my offspring in
a barren valley near your Sacred
House so that they could be
steadfast in prayer. Lord, fill
the hearts of the people with
love for them and produce fruits
(sympathy of hearts) for their
sustenance so that they may give
thanks.”
One of Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.)’s
tests was when Allah ordered him
to sacrifice his young son
Isma’il as stated in Surah
as-Saffa’at Ayah 102 to 105:
“When his son was old enough to
work with him, he said, “My son,
I have had a dream that I must
sacrifice you. What do you think
of this? He replied, “Father,
fulfill whatever you are
commanded to you and you will
find me with patient, by the
will of Allah. When they both
agreed and Ibrahim laid down his
son on the side of the face (for
slaughtering), We called to him,
Ibrahim, you have fulfilled what
you were commanded to do in your
dream. “Thus do We reward the
righteous ones. It was certainly
an open trial. We ransomed his
son with a great sacrifice and
perpetuated his praise in later
generations.”
After the birth of Prophet
Isma’il from Lady Hajirah, Lady
Sarah gave birth to Prophet
Isha’que when Prophet Ibra’him
was about 86 years old. Surah
al-Ankabut Ayah 27: “We granted
Isaac (Isha’que) and Jacob (Yaqoob)
to Abraham (Ibrahim) and We
bestowed upon his offspring
Prophet-hood and the Book. We
gave him his reward in this
world, and in the next life he
will be among the pious ones.”
Prophet Ibra’him died at the age
of 175.
Sources used: The Glorious
Qur’an, Ahlul-Bayt.com, al-Huda
Foundation |
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