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Hazrat Ibrahim was born into a family who used to make idols, sell them in the marketplaces and worship them.


The country was full fo people who would bow down before these idols and seek the fulfillment of their wishes from them; they would worship stars, the sun and the moon, aswel as idols made of wood and stone.

In this way, they had turned away from the true message that there is no God except Allah.




Hazrat Ibrahim tried to preach to his people about the truth.

He said, “How is it that you make these idols using your own hands, yet you worhsip them? They are neither capable of benefitting you, nor are they capable of causing you harm.”



They replied, “But this has been the tradition of our forefathers, and we have seen them worship these idols in this way."



Hazrat Ibrahim teaches a lesson



Oneday, all the villagers had gone somewhere and left Hazrat Ibrahim behind. He went into the temple, and one by one, destroyed all the idols except the biggest one.

When they returned, and realized the state of their idols, they became extremely furious and said, “Who has disrespected our idols like this, it must be the handiwork of an extremely cruel person.”

"Who else, but the young man called Ibrahim.", intervened one of the villagers. "We should call him and show all the people what he has done.”



When Hazrat Ibrahim arrived, they asked him, “O Ibrahim, is it you who destroyed all our idols”?



Hazrat Ibrahim replied, “Why don’t you ask the big idol? It is the culprit. It will tell you everything if it can speak.”



Hearing this, they became extremely ashamed and confused. They said to Hazrat Ibrahim, “You know that the idol cannot speak. Now, tell us the truth.”



Hazrat Ibrahim said, “Do you then worship things besides Allah, that can neither benefit you nor harm you? Have you got no sense?”



Villagers plan to kill Hazrat Ibrahim



The villagers became furious at this, and they decided to throw Hazrat Ibrahim into fire as revenge. Soon a big heap of firewood was set aflame, and Hazrat Ibrahim was thrown into it.



Lo and behold, the fire became cool by the command of Allah and Hazrat Ibrahim was saved from death.



By now, Hazrat Ibrahim accepted that the people would never believe in his words, or the truth and he decided to migrate to another land, where he could spread the message of Allah.