Story of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) ~Part-1 | Prophet Ibrahim (AS) And The Idols
By: Babla Ali
Tags: Prophet Ibrahim, Prophet Abraham, Muslim, Blog, Islam

Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was born in the kingdom of Babylon.

He was blessed with wisdom even when he was a child, and this made him very very special!!

The Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was born during a time when the people worshipped the sun, the moon, the stars and they worshiped even the idols made out of stone!!

Ibrahim (AS) father was a sculptor, and he used to make the idols with his own hands! His father never used to worship Allah (s.w.t) at all!

As a child, he used to sit and watch his father carving out these statues from stone. Ibrahim (AS) got curious about these funny looking statues, and sometime he used to play with them! But when he saw the same statue in temples, he got confused. He wondered why the people were prostrating before these stone idols, so he decided to ask his father about it. One day, when his father was carving a statue of Mardukh, the Prophet Ibrahim (AS) asked his father.

“Baba, why are people worshiping these toys that you are making yourself?”

His father replied “They represent our gods”

“We should worship them to get favours from Gods.”

The prophet Ibrahim (AS) asked “Why does it have such big ears Baba?”

His father replied “This statue is the god of gods, the Mardukh”

The big ears represent his deep knowledge. Even though Ibrahim (AS) was only seven years old at that time, he couldn’t control his laughter!

As time went by, Ibrahim (AS) grew with knowledge and wisdom. He knew that Allah (s.w.t) was the true God. His hatred for the idols increased as he grew older. Ibrahim (AS) had now turned 16 years old. Whenever he went to the temple along with his father, he was sad to see his people still praying to the idols. He saw that the people were offering sacrifices seeking forgiveness of their sins.

One day Ibrahim (AS), left his home in search of Allah (s.w.t), the true God. He walked for a very long time, and finally he reached a mountain nearby. He climbed the mountain and set near a cave nearby. He sat there for a very long time, and when he looked up, he saw a shining star!

When he saw the beauty of the star, he wondered if this star could be Allah (s.w.t). But after a while, the star disappeared! He realized that the star was not Allah (s.w.t), as the true God will never set or disappear. After a while, the moon came up. The moon was very very beautiful, so Ibrahim (AS) wondered if the moon could be Allah (s.w.t). He sat that gazing at the moon fora long time, but after a few hours, when the moon disappeared from the horizon, he realized that the moon was not Allah (s.w.t). Ibrahim (AS) was disappointed, but he continued to sit there on the top of the mountain watching the horizon. It was early morning by now, and that was when the sun came up! He looked at the bright sun, and wondered again if this could be Allah (s.w.t) as it was bigger, and very bright! But by evening, when the sun set in the horizon, he realized that it was not Allah (s.w.t), as the true God would never set. It was then that Ibrahim (AS) realized that the true God can never be created! He understood that Allah (s.w.t) is the creator of everything even the sun, the moon and the stars! He then prostrated on the ground offering his thanks. He knew that Allah (s.w.t) had just guided him to the truth! It was then that he realized that Allah (s.w.t) had chosen him to be a Prophet! God had chosen him to guide his people! It was going to be a new life for Prophet Ibrahim (AS). He then travelled back home to tell his father about the great news. But when his father heard what he was saying, he got very very angry!

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