The Holy Quran 60:4 — Surah Al-Mumtahanah

Arabic text

قَدْ كَانَتْ لَكُمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ لِقَوْمِهِمْ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُا۟ مِنكُمْ وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْ وَبَدَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَحْدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوْلَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسْتَغْفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ ۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

Translation

There was certainly a sterling (good) example for you in Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام and those who followed him when they said to their people, “We absolve (free) ourselves from you and from that which you worship apart from Allaah. We reject you (your beliefs and acts of Shirk). Enmity and hatred have surfaced (has become bare) between yourselves and us forever (because of the irreconcilable differences in our beliefs, and this will continue) until you believe in One Allaah." (The words of Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام and his followers to the Kuffaar expressed their disassociation from them) Except for the statement (saying) of Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام to his father when he said, "I shall definitely pray (to Allaah) for (Him to bless you with Imaan and thereby secure) your forgiveness. (Besides making du'aa to Allaah that He blesses you with Imaan,) I have no power to do anything for you against (the punishment of) Allaah. O our Rabb! In You do we trust, to You do we turn (in repentance) and to You shall we return (after death)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The excellent example of Ibrahim ﵇: that is, all those who, having become Muslims, joined Ibrahim ﵇, each in his own time declared this same separation and disavowal by word or deed. that is, you deny Allah and pay no heed to His commands; we deny your way and pay not the slightest heed to you.

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