Ibrāhīm عليه السلام · leaving family somewhere you cannot protect them
The prayer of the empty valley
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Sūrat Ibrahim
14:36–41 - Text
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رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَمَن تَبِعَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّى وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّىٓ أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِى بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِى زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجْعَلْ أَفْـِٔدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهْوِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ وَٱرْزُقْهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِى وَمَا نُعْلِنُ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى وَهَبَ لِى عَلَى ٱلْكِبَرِ إِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَسَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ
Rabbi ʾinnahunna ʾaḍlalna kathīran mina an-nāsi fa-man tabiʿanī fa-ʾinnahu minnī wa-man ʿaṣānī fa-ʾinnaka ghafūrun raḥīmun rabbanā ʾinnī ʾaskantu min dhurriyyatī biwādin ghayri dhī zarʿin ʿinda baytika al-muḥarrami rabbanā liyuqīmū aṣ-ṣalawāta fajʿal ʾafidatan mina an-nāsi tahwī ʾilayhim warzuqhum mina ath-thamarāti laʿallahum yashkurūna rabbanā ʾinnaka taʿlamu mā nukhfī wa-mā nuʿlinu wa-mā yakhfā ʿalā al-lahi min shayʾin fī al-ʾarḍi wa-lā fī as-samāʾi al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī wa-haba lī ʿalā al-kibari ʾismāʿīla wa-ʾisḥāqa ʾinna rabbī lasamīʿu ad-duʿāʾi rabbi ijʿalnī muqīma aṣ-ṣalawāti wa-min dhurriyyatī rabbanā wa-taqabbal duʿāʾi rabbanā ighfir lī wa-liwālidayya wa-lilmuʾminīna yawma yaqūmu al-ḥisābu
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (14:36), Ibrahim acknowledges the misguidance of idols and entrusts people to Allah’s mercy.
Qurʾān 14:36-41
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
My Lord truly they idols have led many of mankind astray because of their mankind’s worship of them. So whoever follows me believing in the Oneness of God verily belongs with me belongs with those who follow my religion; and whoever disobeys me truly You are Forgiving Merciful this was before he was aware of the fact that God does not forgive idolatry.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Hold to truth while relying on Allah’s mercy for others.