Surah As-Saaffaat

Chapter 37 · Verse 104 · Revealed in Makkah

وَنَٰدَيْنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ

We called to him, "O Abraham,

Translation: Saheeh International

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Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Reflection — Ibn Kathir

Ibrahim's Emigration, the Test of the Sacrifice of Isma`il, and how Allah blessed Him

Allah tells us that after He helped His close friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, against his people, and after Ibrahim gave up hoping that they would ever believe despite all the mighty signs that they had witnessed, he emigrated away from them, and said:

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ - رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ الصَّـلِحِينِ

Reflection — Maarif ul Quran

In verse 104, 105, it was said: وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَن يَا إِبْرَ‌اهِيمُ قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّ‌ؤْيَا (and then We called out to him, "0 Ibrahim, you did make the dream come true." ), that is, in accomplishing the task entrusted with him in obedience to the command of Allah, he left nothing undone, in fact, did it perfectly to the letter (more likely so because in the dream too, it was shown that Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) is simply moving his knife to slaughter his son). Now that test was over, so he should let him go.

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