قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ ۖ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّۭا
Qaala araaghibun anta 'an aalihatee yaaa Ibraaheemu la 'il lam tantahi la arjumannaka wahjumee maliyyaa
[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."
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Lessons from past peoples
19:46Ayah 198
28 ayahs in Maryam are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
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He said ‘Are you renouncing my gods O Abraham? so that you are denouncing them in this way? If you do not desist from criticising them I shall surely assail you with stones or with evil words so beware of me; and stay away from me for a long time’.
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will meet his father Azar whose face will be
dark and covered with dust.(The Prophet (ﷺ) Abraham will say to him): 'Didn't I tell you not to disobey
me?' His father will reply: 'Today I will not disobey you.' 'Abraham will say: 'O Lord! You promised
me not to disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection; and what will be more disgraceful to me than
cursing and dishonoring my father?' Then Allah will say (to him):' 'I have forbidden Paradise for the
disbelievers." Then he will be addressed, 'O Abraham! Look! What is underneath your feet?' He will
look and there he will see a Dhabh (an animal,) blood-stained, which will be caught by the legs and
thrown in the (Hell) Fire."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, Abraham will meet his father (on the Day of Resurrection) and will say, 'O my
Lords You promised me that You would not let me in disgrace on the Day when people will be
resurrected.' Allah will say, 'I have forbidden Paradise to the non-believers."
"I heard a man praying for forgiveness for his parents who were idolaters, and I said: 'Are you praying for forgiveness for them even though they are idolators?" He said: 'Didn't Ibrahim pray for forgiveness for his father?' I went to the Prophet and told him about that, then the following revealed: And Ibrahim's (Abraham) invoking (of Allah) for his father's forgiveness was only because of a promise he (Ibrahim) had made to him (his father)." (Daif)
His father disliked making a condition during Hajj and he said: 'Is not the Sunnah of your Prophet enough for you?"
" My father said: If you see that, do not even go near it."
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