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LEADERS APPOINTED BY THE GOD:PROPHET Ibrahim (AS)
the prophet Ibrahim (as) lived
long ago. In those
days the people were ignorant and
illiterate.they had
totally forgotten the teachings
of the previous
prophets, and they had lost the
way and tradition of
worshipping Allah.instead, they
worshipped idols.
they made statues of people or
animals out of stone,
wood, silver or gold, and they
worshipped them. In
front of these lifeless, powerless
objects they would
prostrate themselves, pray to them
and offer them
sacrifices.One group would worship the sun,
another group
the moon, another the stars, and
so on.
many of the people in those days
served the tyrants
and oppressors.they even considered
them as gods
and worshipped them. They accepted
their commands
as if they were the commands of
Allah, and never
questioned them or reflected !bout
them. The people
humiliated themselves by throwing
themselves to the
ground before their rulers, and
made every effort to
satisfy them.In such a dark time our merciful
Allah chose
Ibrahim(as) and taught him
the right way of life, and
then he commanded Ibrahim (as) to call the people to the
way of worshipping Allah.Ibrahim (as) used to say
to the people:
"what power do the idols have?why do you love and worship them?what have these statues ever done
for you?they do not see, they do not hear,
they cannot harm you and they cannot
benefit you:
why do you humiliate yourselves
before them?why do you prostrate before them?why do you worship them, and submit
to their
priests?
"But the people heard these words
without reflecting
on them. They would reply:
"our fathers and forefathers worshipped
the idols.
our friends and colleagues worship
the idols.So we will follow our ancestors
and remain on their
religion."
Ibrahim (as) used to say
to them:
"your ancestors were mistaken.
your fathers were also mistaken.
they should not have worshipped
idols.Aut do you not yourselves have
reason?
do you yourselves not have understanding?can you not see for yourselves
that these idols are
weak and helpless?
"o people, i am a prophet of Allah,
and i have
brought his message. It is a message
of freedom and
prosperity. Listen to my words
and accept them and
be blessed in this world and in
the hereafter.""o people, no idol is your lord
and sustainer, nor
master of your fate.the one who
is your lord and
sustainer and master of your fate
is Allah, who has
created you and the earth and the
heavens, and who
controls the world and all that
is in it. He has all power,
and he has not given control of
the world to anyone
nor has he taken help to control
it. He is unique,
triumphant and all-powerful."
"these idols of yours disgust me.I hate them and
i refuse to submit to them."
i love Allah, and i am devoted
only to him. I know
that my sickness and my cure, my
life and my death,
my time in this world and my time
in the hereafter,
everything is in his hands. My
only hope is that on
the day of resurrection he will
be kind to me, and
treat me generously.
"o people, be worshippers of the
one true Allah,
for all power is from Allah, and
it is Allah alone who
is triumphant and all-powerful.
Allah is the only one
to befriend you and help you. Be
attentive to him and
worship only him. He is the only
one worthy of sub
mission and worship. you must only
be led by Allah
and his servants whom he has appointed
to lead you
and guide you
