Prophet Ibrahim Alaihis Salam (Part 1)
Along with our Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, we all have a strong affectionate connection with our Father Prophet, Prophet Ibrahim Alaihis Salat o Wassalam, to whom we send salat o salam with our Prophet ﷺ in every prayer.
Ibrahim alaihis salat o wassalam has had a life of long struggles, and He has an absolutely solid faith. ALLAH has given Him the status of “Khaleel” which means “the very near, secret holder friend”. Quran narrates several happenings related to Prophet Ibrahim alaihis salam, which have lots for us to think about, learn, and implement in our lives.
Ibrahim Alaihis salat o wassalam was the son of Azar, who was a prominent person in the place where the nation worshipped false gods and idols. From his early childhood, Ibrahim alaihis Salam was not involved in this worship, and rather he felt it funny and weird that his people could call god to such idols who cannot help themselves either. This shows us how intelligent he was as a young fellow. ALLAH has chosen him to teach and be a guide to nations, not only his own nation but all the nations to come into the world after him.
Ibrahim Alaihis salam knew that God is the “One” who can help everyone but does not need any help for Himself, the One who is the authority for everyone and who is not under any authority or any order. The One who is always present. He does not get down as the sun and moon, or disappear as the stars. He absolutely rejected the idea of worshipping anything with these above characteristics, in front of his disbelieving nation, with a very smart demonstrative technique.
He showed the nation with the help of it that:
Nothing which is not permanent and
Under the order of someone else
can be a God.
Also,
A God cannot be a part of a system made by someone else.
God is the only ‘One’ who is always superior (not having phases of up and down), always present (to rule, guide, listen and to help when asked), and always a top authority (who is the Creator of all systems and not a dependent part of any system).
He also showed the nation that the physical existence of ALLAH ( The Only True God ) cannot be compared. His light is not comparable to any other light. He is the One who cannot be perceived by the human eye, so how can He be compared? He compared the sun to be with greater light than the moon and stars altogether, but it is just a beautiful creation of ALLAH and nothing more.
ALLAH’s noor is not something ordinary like the objects in His system of the universe. He is the One who cannot be seen physically, but His strong, powerful presence can be felt every single moment.
Our Father Prophet Ibrahim Alaihis Salam’s conclusion of the demonstration is absolutely strong and beautiful. Standing all alone in that nation of disbelievers, he declared in clear words that he rejects all false gods, putting every relation aside, and he belongs to only and only ALLAH, who is the Creator and the Owner of all.
Rejection of every small and big thing in life, seems more/equally important than ALLAH, is the sunnah of our Father Ibrahim عليه السلام. A single sentence to define the lesson from the life of Prophet Ibrahim alaihis salat o wassalam is to “Keep ALLAH and our relation with ALLAH at the top priority of life.” All the things and relationships will be in their correct places and order if only we can make this one right arrangement.
