Hud 74: When fear faded from Abraham and the glad tidings came, he (almost) started debating with Us about the nation of Lot.
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When fear faded from Abraham and the glad tidings came, he (almost) started debating with Us about the nation of Lot.
Tafsir
When he started talking to the angels, Hazrat Ibrahim aleyhisselâm received the glad tidings and was relieved when the fear left him. He begins to plead with Allah about the people of Lot.
Hazrat Ibrahim 'alaihis-salâm' was a Prophet who gave himself to Allah. Because of his compassion, he was a mild and merciful Prophet who did not want those who loved Allah to suffer any harm or punishment. His heart was troubled that the punishment of Allah would touch Lot and those who believed in Allah with him, and he prayed to Allah to remove this punishment from the people of Lot, already feeling their suffering.
Hadrat Ibrahim 'alaihis-salâm' loved Hadrat Lut 'alaihis-salâm' very much. Hadrat Lot's people had gone too far in their licentiousness and had begun to have contact with each other among their own kind. In this respect, because this people transgressed Allah's limits, they prepared their own destruction, and Allah sent the angels to destroy them.
This was the concern and fear of Hadrat Ibrahim 'alaihis-salâm' and his supplication to Allah to remove the torment from this town for the sake of Hadrat Lot and those who believed with him. Allah (swt) praised Hadrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and said, 'He struggled with us. The meaning of struggle here is not that he rebelled against Allah. On the contrary, because he loved Allah so much, he begged Allah from the bottom of his heart that no harm should come to those who love Allah. Since it is pleasing to Allah (swt) to protect those whom Allah (swt) loves, it is praised in this verse that Hazrat Ibrahim (peace be upon him) struggled with us.
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When fear left Abraham and the good news came to him, he began, as it were, to argue with Us about the people of Lot, it says. Allah Almighty — he is entreating Him. He loves Lot very much, his cousin; they had set out together. He began to argue with Us, it says. When he began to speak with the angels, Abraham receives the good news, and when his fear has dispersed he is relieved. He begins to implore Allah Almighty about the people of Lot.
Abraham (peace be upon him) is a prophet devoted to Allah.
Out of his mercy, as to those who love Allah also being struck by harm or punishment, he is (?), a gentle, merciful prophet. Because Allah Almighty calls him Hanif too. He was neither a Christian nor a Jew. He was Hanif, on a straight path, it says. Hanif means one who never, even as a child, worshipped idols, who never left the straight path, the path of Allah, one who knows Allah as One. Meaning one who never associated partners with Allah. Yes.
Because Allah's punishment would strike Lot and those who believed in Allah with him, his heart was distressed, and feeling already within himself the agony they would suffer, he prayed and pleaded with Allah for this punishment to be lifted from the people of Lot. Abraham (peace be upon him) loved Lot (peace be upon him) very much. The people of Lot had gone far in their insolence and had begun to have relations with one another among their own sex. So, since this people overstepped Allah's limits, they prepared their own destruction themselves, and Allah Almighty sent the angels to destroy this people.
So this is the concern and fear of Abraham (peace be upon him): for the sake of Lot and those who believed with him, that the punishment be lifted from this (?), he pleads with Allah. Allah Almighty, praising Abraham (peace be upon him), 'and he began to argue with Us,' He said. The meaning of arguing here is not rebelling against Allah. On the contrary, it is, because he loves Allah so much and so that those who love Allah come to no harm, his heartfelt imploring of Allah Almighty. Since it pleases Allah Almighty that he loves and protects those Allah loves, it is praiseworthy, and so in this verse Abraham (peace be upon him) is praised with the words 'he argued with Us.' He is praising, that is, praising. He argued with Us.
Otherwise, who can argue with Allah? Is that possible? That is how Abraham, too...