The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 786
PT. 23 وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِيْنَ سَلمُ عَلَى ابْرُ هِيْمَ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَ اِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ CH. 37 AȘ-ṢĀFFĀT 109. And We left for him a good name among the succeeding generations—3341 110. Peace be upon Abraham! 111. Thus do We reward those who do good. 112. Surely, he was one of Our believing servants. tidings of Isaac, a Prophet, and one of the righteous. b on him and Isaac. And among وَبَشَرْتُهُ بِاِسْحَقَ نَبِيَّا مِّنَ الصَّلِحِينَ And We gave him the glad“. 13 وَبُرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى إِسْحَقَ وَ مِنْ And We bestowed blessings. 114 ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنُ وَ ظَالِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ their progeny are some who do مُبِينٌ و وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَا عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ good and others who clearly wrong themselves. 3342 R. 4. 115. And, indeed, We bestowed favours on Moses and Aaron. 3343 11:72; 19:50; 21:73; 29:28. '57:27. 20:31-37; 26:16-17; 28:35. lasts and it shall last till the end of time Pilgrimage to Mecca will continue to be performed and on the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjah goats and rams will continue to be slaughtered in hundreds of thousands in Mecca and all over the Muslim world in commemoration of sacrifice. It is this institution of "Sacrifice" that seems to have been referred to in this verse in the words "And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice". Ishmael's The reference in the verse may also be to the abolition of human sacrifice which seemed to be in vogue in Abraham's time and to the substitution for it of animal sacrifice. 3341. Commentary: What greater testimony could there be to Abraham having left behind him a good name than that the followers of the three great religions—Islam, Christianity and Judaism—take pride in ascribing their ancestry to the great Patriarch. 2700 3342. Commentary: The words "We bestowed blessings on him," refer to the blessings that God bestowed upon Abraham's been mentioned separately by name. progeny through Ishmael as Isaac has 3343. Commentary: The greatest Prophet after