Surah's In Qur'an The Lesson's And Hadith's

14: (Ibrahim)- Abraham

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim.

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn . The Only Owner of the Day of Recompense. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help. Guide us to the Straight Way. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray .

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14: (Ibrahim)- Abraham

Surah Ibrahim

This is a 'makki' Surah that has 52 ayaat. It is narrated by Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq that whoever recites Surah Ibrahim and Surah Hijr in a two-rak'aat prayer on every Friday, he will remain safe from poverty, insanity and sudden calamity.

In the commentary of Burhan, it is mentioned that writing this Surah on a white parchment and then making a child wear it as a talisman keeps the child safe from ailments and makes it easy for him to drink and digest milk.

The Surah takes its name from v. 35 in which mention has been made of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham). But it does not mean that it contains the life story of Prophet Abraham. The name is merely a symbol lid the names of many other surahs, i.e., the Surah in which Abraham's mention has been made.

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Central Theme and Purpose

This Surah is an admonition and a warning to the disbelievers who were rejecting the Message of the Holy Prophet and devising cunning schemes to defeat his Mission. But warning, reproof, censure and reproach dominate admonition. This is because a good deal of admonition had already been made in the preceding Surahs, but in spite of this their obduracy, enmity, antagonism, mischief, persecution etc. had rather increased.

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Dua that Saved Prophet Ibrahim from the Fire (and hardship)

When Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was relaying Allah's (God's) message, he warned his people not to take idols made of wood and stones as their false gods. To make his point that these idols could not help them in anyway, one day while the people were attending a festival, he broke their idols. The Quran relays this story in the following verses:

"So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it" [Surah al-Anbiyaa 21:58]

Once the people returned from the festival1, they saw the broken idols and they accused Prophet Ibrahim (of breaking them). He said to them:

"Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"
[Surah al-Anbiyaa 21:63]

Because they knew that these idols could not speak, they said to Ibrahim:

"Indeed you [Ibrahim (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"
[Surah al-Anbiyaa' 21:65]

When they admitted that these idols could do nothing, Ibrahim said to them:

"Do you then worship (these idols) besides Allah, things that can neither profit you, nor harm you? Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense?"
[Surah al-Anbiyaa' 21:67]

When they had exhausted all lines of argument, they resorted to the use of force and said:

"Burn him and help your aalihah (gods), if you will be doing"
[Surah al-Anbiyaa' 21:68]