Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people
[فَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى
أَنفُسِهِمْ]
(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking
precautions and protecting their gods. They said:
[إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ
الظَّـلِمُونَ]
(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not
guard them.
[ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ
عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ]
(Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said:
[لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا
هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ]
(Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The
people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said,
[لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا
هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ]
("Indeed you know well that these speak not!'') `So how can you tell us to
ask them, if they cannot speak and you know that they cannot speak' At this
point, when they admitted that, Ibrahim said to them:
[أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن
دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ]
(Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor
harm you) meaning, if they can- not speak and they can neither benefit you nor
harm you, then why do you worship them instead of Allah
[أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ
وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ ]
(Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then
no sense) `Do you not realize the extent of the mis- guidance and extreme
disbelief which you are following, which no one could accept but one who is an
igno- rant and evil wrong- doer' He defeated them in argument and left them with
no way out. Allah said:
[وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ
ءَاتَيْنَـهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ]
e(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) [6:83]
[قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ
وَانصُرُواْ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـعِلِينَ - قُلْنَا ينَارُ كُونِى بَرْداً
وَسَلَـمَا عَلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ - وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْنَـهُمُ
الاٌّخْسَرِينَ ]
(68. They said: "Burn him and help your gods, if you will be doing.'') (69.
We said: "O fire! Be you cool and safety for Ibrahim!'') (70. And they wanted to
harm him, but We made them the worst losers.)
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