Surah Ash-Shu'ara — Ayah 70 (Anglo-Saxon English)
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Ash-Shu'ara • Ayah 70 of 227 • Anglo-Saxon English
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
Translation:
Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?" Ash-Shu'ara 26:70 ⧉
Tafsir:
Abraham’s community went on doing whatever they saw their forefathers doing. But Abraham thought things over independently. He tried to discover the Truth by rising above his environment. This is the quality which particularly leads a man to realisation-based knowledge of God (ma‘rifah), and one who reaches perfection in this quality is chosen by God as a messenger, or prophet, for His religion.