Hud 69-73
69- AND OUR MESSENGERS CAME TO IBRAHIM WITH THE GOOD NEWS, THEY SAID: PEACE. HE SAID: PEACE. THEN HE BROUGHT THEM A GRILLED CALF.
70- WHEN HE SAW THEIR HANDS NOT REACHING OUT TO IT, HE BECAME SUSPICIOUS AND FEARED THEM, THEY SAID: “DO NOT FEAR, WE HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF LUTE”.
71-HIS WIFE WAS STANDING AND SHE LAUGHED, THEN WE GAVE HER THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT IS,HAQ (ISAAC) AND JACOB AFTER IS,HAQ.
72- SHE SAID: “YA WILATA, WILL I GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD WHILE I AM OLD AND MY HUSBAND IS A SHIEKH (OLD MAN), THIS IS A STRANGE THING TO HAPPEN.
73- ARE YOU SURPRISED OF ALLAH’S COMMAND? ALLAH’S MERCY AND BLESSINGS UPON YOU THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE HOLD, HE IS MOST WORTHY OF PRAISE AND MOST WORTHY OF GLORY.
Allah the Highest sent the angels Gabriel and Michael to see the prophet Ibrahim, peace upon him, and his wife, and to deliver some good news to them, which was:-
- That the people of Lute were about to be punished.
- That Ibrahim who was over 120 years, and his wife who was over 90 years of age, will have a child.
Ibrahim, peace upon him, and his wife did not have a child, and Ibrahim married Hajar, from whom he had a son Ismail. Ibrahim’s first wife Sarah was longing for a child, and Allah the Highest sent her the good news that she will get pregnant and have a child although she was 90 years old and barren, and her husband was an old man of over 120.
The angels Gabriel and Michael went to see Ibrahim in a human form, therefore he did not recognise them as angels, and was hospitable to them as he would be for human guests. Ibrahim slaughtered and grilled fatty calf for his guests, and presented it for them to eat, but they were not interested in the food. This worried Ibrahim, peace upon him. He might have felt that they were going to harm him, as it was the tradition among his people at the time not to eat the food of the person you are going to kill.
They reassured him that they meant him no harm, but they were sent to deliver Allah’s punishment to the people of Lute. Sarah laughed at what the angels said, it is said that this was because she anticipated that the punishment for the people of Lute was about to come.
When she laughed, they told her about having a child, Isaac, and that she would also have a grandchild, Jacob.
Sarah did not question that this would happen, but asked how it will happen when she is old and barren, and her husband is even older. The angels told her that this is because of Allah’s blessings and Mercy upon Ibrahim, peace upon him, and his household.
Ibrahim, peace upon him, is called the father of the prophets, because from his two sons Isaac and Ismail came all the prophets and messengers. The prophets of the children of Israel came from the line of Isaac, up to Jesus, peace upon him. From the line of Ismail came one prophet, Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him.
Then Allah the Highest reminds us of His being worthy of thanks and worthy of being glorified.
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