Surah Hud, Verse 73/74

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*Surah Hud, Verse 73:*

قَالُوا أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ رَحْمَتُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِنَّهُ حَمِيدٌ مَّجِيدٌ

They said: "Do you wonder at the Decree of Allah? The Mercy of Allah and His Blessings be on you, O the family [of Ibrahim (Abraham)]. Surely, He (Allah) is All-Praiseworthy, All-Glorious."

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Ahl-ul-bait = people of the house, a polite form of addressing the wife and members of the family. Blessings are here invoked on the whole family.

This little episode of Abraham's life comes in fitly as one of the illustrations of ALLĀH's wonderful providence in His dealings with man. Abraham had had a tussle with his father on behalf of Truth and Unity (chapter vi, verse 74); he had passed through the fire unscathed (chapter xxi, verses 68-69); and he had travelled to far countries, and was now ready to receive his great mission as the fountain-head of Prophets in his old age. Humanly speaking it seemed impossible that he should have a son at his age, and yet it came to pass and became a corner-stone of sacred history.

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*Surah Hud, Verse 74:*

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَاءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَادِلُنَا فِي قَوْمِ لُوطٍ

Then when the fear had gone away from (the mind of) Ibrahim (Abraham), and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us (Our Messengers) for the people of Lout (Lot).

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Glad tidings: not only that he was to have a son, but that he was to be a fountain-head of Prophets. So he now begins to plead at once for the sinful people to whom Lot was sent as a warner.