seekeroftruth
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Quran 26:69. And relate to them the story of Abraham.
70. When he said to his father and his people, “What do you worship?”
71. They said, “We worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.”
72. He said, “Do they hear you when you pray?
73. Or do they benefit you, or harm you?”
74. They said, “But we found our ancestors doing so.”
75. He said, “Have you considered what you worship.
76. You and your ancient ancestors?
77. They are enemies to me, but not so the Lord of the Worlds.
78. He who created me, and guides me.
79. He who feeds me, and waters me.
80. And when I get sick, He heals me.
81. He who makes me die, and then revives me.
82. He who, I hope, will forgive my sins on the Day of the Reckoning.”
83. “My Lord! Grant me wisdom, and include me with the righteous.
84. And give me a reputation of truth among the others.
85. And make me of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.
86. And forgive my father—he was one of the misguided.
87. And do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected.
88. The Day when neither wealth nor children will help.
89. Except for him who comes to God with a sound heart.”
90. And Paradise will be brought near for the righteous.
91. And the Blaze will be displayed to the deviators.
92. And it will be said to them, “Where are those you used to worship?”
93. Besides God? Can they help you, or help themselves?”
94. Then they will be toppled into it, together with the seducers.
95. And the soldiers of Satan, all of them.
96. They will say, as they feud in it.
97. “By God, We were in evident error.
98. For equating you with the Lord of the Worlds.
99. No one misled us except the sinners.
100. Now we have no intercessors.
101. And no sincere friend.
102. If only we could have another chance, we would be among the faithful.”
103. Surely in this is a sign, but most of them are not believers.
104. Your Lord is the Almighty, the Merciful.
There's not a lot of commentary.
The prophets, being always conscious of their weakness, seek Allåh’s protection. Expressions like this invariably indicate human weakness before Divine perfection, and are not evidence of sinfulness. Compare Jesus’ confession of weakness in a similar strain: “Why callest thou me good? There is none good but One, that is, God” (Matt. 19:17).
The making manifest of hell shows that it already exists, but is hidden from the human eye, while on the day of Resurrection it will be made plain.
There's more to the quote....
Matthew 19:17 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Abraham just loved the Lord. It's in the Quran and it's in the Bible. The Jewish tradition just loves the devotion of Abraham.
Someone [Jeff] keeps asking me to "prove it" to be the truth. The tradition of the Civil Courts back in the day... required multiple witnesses. It's easy for one stupid human to point a finger at another human and accuse them of such and such. But it's more difficult to get two people to tell the same story. In the case of the story of Moses and now the Story of Abraham..... there are three witnesses. The Jewish Tradition, the Christian Tradition, and the Muslim Tradition all agree Abraham Believed.
Three witnesses [Jeff].... the story is true.
Abraham was a man of Faith.
