Which Is Greater?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Students of Qur’an

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لأَبِيهِ آزَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصْنَامًا آلِهَةً إِنِّي أَرَاكَ وَقَوْمَكَ فِي ضَلاَلٍ مُّبِينٍ 74


وَكَذَلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ الآفِلِينَ 75


فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ اللَّيْلُ رَأَى كَوْكَبًا قَالَ هَـذَا رَبِّي فَلَمَّا أَفَلَ قَالَ لا أُحِبُّ الآفِلِينَ 76


فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَـذَا رَبِّي فَلَمَّا أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِي رَبِّي لأكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الضَّالِّينَ77


فَلَمَّا رَأَى الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَـذَا رَبِّي هَـذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّا أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ78


إِنِّي وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَاْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ79


[Al-Quran: Surah Al-‘Anam:74-79]

Which is Greater? The Stars?…. The Moon?…. The Sun?

The Answer is: None!

The reality is ….  That surely:

الله اكبر

In the above ayahs (verses), Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) mentions the incident of Ibrahim (عليهِ سلام)and how he was sent as a messenger to a group of idolatrous people. His people worshipped stars, the moon, the sun and around 50,000 idols!

As Prophet Ibrahim (عليهِ سلام) was concerned and worried about his people, he tried to turn them away from their superstitious beliefs and tried to convince them of the absolute truth of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)’s Greatness.

He uses his intelligence and profound wisdom, to make people think, reflect and rationalize by providing them evidences from the Universe. He hopes for them to eventually come to the conclusion that indeed Allah  (سبحانه وتعالى) is One and He is the Only One.





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1 Response to Which Is Greater?

  1. samarhasan85 says:

    Beautiful mashaAllah!:)
    I love the simplicity and sincerity in the faith of Ibrahim (as) !
    May Allah Help us all love Allah the way Ibrahim (as) did, Ameen

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