When their arguments were refuted and their incapability became clear, when
truth was made manifest and falsehood was defeated, they resorted to using their
power and strength, and said:
[حَرِّقُوهُ
وَانصُرُواْ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَـعِلِينَ]
("Burn him and help your gods, if you will be doing.'') So they gathered
together a huge amount of wood. As-Suddi said, "I if a woman was sick, she would
make a vow that if she recovered she would bring wood to burn Ibrahim. Then they
made a hole in the ground and set it aflame, and it burned with huge sparks and
immense flames. There had never been a fire like it. They put Ibrahim, peace be
upon him, into a catapult, at the suggestion of a nomadic Kurdish man from
Persia.'' Shu`ayb Al-Jaba'i said, "His name was Hayzan, and Allah caused the
earth to swallow him up, and he will remain sinking into it until the Day of
Resurrection. When they threw him he said, `Sufficient for me is Allah, and He
is the best disposer of affairs.' '' This is similar to what Al-Bukhari recorded
from Ibn `Abbas that Ibrahim said, "`Sufficient for me is Allah, and He is the
best disposer of affairs,'' when he was thrown into the fire, and Muhammad said
it when they said:
[إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ
جَمَعُواْ لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَـناً وَقَالُواْ حَسْبُنَا
اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ]
(Verily, the people have gathered against you, therefore, fear them. But it
increased them in faith, and they said: "Allah is sufficient for us, and He is
the best disposer of affairs.'') [3:173]. Sa`id bin Jubayr reported that Ibn
`Abbas said: "When Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, the keeper (angel) of the
rain said: `When will I be commanded to send rain' But the command of Allah was
more swift. Allah said:
[ينَارُ كُونِى
بَرْداً وَسَلَـمَا عَلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ]
(O fire! Be you cool and safety for Ibrahim!), and there was no fire left on
earth that was not extinguished.'' Ibn `Abbas and Abu Al-`Aliyah said: "Were it
not for the fact that Allah said,
[وَسَلَـماً]
(and safety), Ibrahim would have been harmed by its coldness.'' Qatadah said:
"On that day there was no creature that did not try to extinguish the fire for
Ibrahim, except for the gecko.'' Az-Zuhri said: "The Prophet commanded that it
should be killed, and called it a harmful vermin.''
[وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِ
كَيْداً فَجَعَلْنَـهُمُ الاٌّخْسَرِينَ ]
(And they wanted to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.) they were
defeated and humiliated, because they wanted to plot against the Prophet of
Allah, but Allah planned against them and saved him from the fire, and thus they
were defeated.
[وَنَجَّيْنَـهُ
وَلُوطاً إِلَى الاٌّرْضِ الَّتِى بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا لِلْعَـلَمِينَ - وَوَهَبْنَا
لَهُ إِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً وَكُلاًّ جَعَلْنَا صَـلِحِينَ -
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ
الْخَيْرَتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلوة وَإِيتَآءَ الزَّكَـوةِ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا
عَـبِدِينَ - وَلُوطاً آتَيْنَـهُ حُكْماً وَعِلْماً وَنَجَّيْنَـهُ مِنَ
الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ الْخَبَـئِثَ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُواْ قَوْمَ
سَوْءٍ فَـسِقِينَ - وَأَدْخَلْنَـهُ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ إِنَّهُ مِنَ الصَّـلِحِينَ
]
(71. And We rescued him and Lut to the land which We have blessed for the
nations.) (72. And We bestowed upon him Ishaq, and Ya`qub Nafilatan. Each one We
made righteous.) (73. And We made them leaders, guiding by Our command, and We
revealed to them the doing of good deeds, performing Salah, and the giving of
Zakah, and of Us (Alone) they were the worshippers.) (74. And (remember) Lut, We
gave him wisdom and knowledge, and We saved him from the town who practised
Al-Khaba'ith. Verily, they were a people given to evil, and were rebellious.)
(75. And We admitted him to Our mercy; truly, he was of the righteous.)
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