Ibrâhîm (Surah 14)
Ibrâhîm (Abraham)
Makki SurahIntroduction
This Meccan sûrah is named after Prophet Abraham (ﷺ) who, upon settling his wife Hagar and his son Ishmael in what later became the city of Mecca, invokes Allah to protect his descendants from idol-worship, a practice that Meccans were entrenched in at the time of this revelation (verses 35-41). The sûrah also refers to some of Allah’s favours, which are met with ingratitude and denial. A sizable portion reveals how the disbelievers will be let down by Satan and tormented in Hell, wishing they had believed, according to the next sûrah (15:2). In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Warning to the Disbelievers
1. Alif-Lãm-Ra. (This is) a Book which We have revealed to you (O Prophet) so that you may lead people out of darkness and into light, by the Will of their Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy— 2. Allah, to Whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And woe to the disbelievers because of a severe torment! 3. (They are) the ones who favour the life of this world over the Hereafter and hinder (others) from the Way of Allah, striving to make it (appear) crooked. It is they who have gone far astray.
Surah 14 - Ibrâhîm (Abraham) - Verses 1-3
Delivering the Message
4. We have not sent a messenger except in the language of his people to clarify (the message) for them. Then Allah leaves whoever He wills to stray and guides whoever He wills. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise.
Surah 14 - Ibrâhîm (Abraham) - Verses 4-4
Prophet Moses
5. Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs, (ordering him,) “Lead your people out of darkness and into light, and remind them of Allah’s days (of favour).” Surely in this are signs for whoever is steadfast, grateful. 6. (Consider) when Moses said to his people, “Remember Allah’s favour upon you when He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with dreadful torment—slaughtering your sons and keeping your women. That was a severe test from your Lord. 7. And (remember) when your Lord proclaimed, ‘If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more. But if you are ungrateful, surely My punishment is severe.’” 8. Moses added, “If you along with everyone on earth were to be ungrateful, then (know that) Allah is indeed Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.”
Surah 14 - Ibrâhîm (Abraham) - Verses 5-8
Warning to the Pagans of Mecca
9. Have you not (already) received the stories of those who were before you: the people of Noah, ’Âd, Thamûd, and those after them? Only Allah knows how many they were. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they put their hands over their mouths and said, “We totally reject what you have been sent with, and we are certainly in alarming doubt about what you are inviting us to.”