Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Ash-Shu'ara
Surah 26 · Ash-Shu'ara · verse 70 of 227

Quran 26:70 · Ash-Shu'ara

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ

When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

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.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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