The Holy Quran 6:76 — Surah Al-An'am

Arabic text

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ٱلَّيْلُ رَءَا كَوْكَبًا ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلْـَٔافِلِينَ

Translation

When the night covered him, he saw a star. He said (to those who worshipped the stars), "Can this be my Rabb?" But when it set (disappeared) he said, "I do not like things that set (because a Rabb cannot be absent when one needs Him)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The argument of Ibrahim ﵇ for tawhid (monotheism) from the stars: [I do not love them] so much as to take them as my Lord. Would anyone agree to seat a helpless captive and a forced labourer on the imperial throne? As for the words of Ibrahim ﵇ هذا ربي (“This is my Lord”)

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