Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 21:71–73
The Prophets (Al-Anbiya’)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(71) And We saved him and Lot [and brought them] to a land which We had blessed for all people, (72) We bestowed Isaac and then Jacob on him as an additional boon and We made all of them righteous. (73) We made them leaders who guided people by Our command. We revealed to them the doing of good, observance of prayer and the giving of alms and Us alone did they worship.
Commentary
(a) The Prophet Abraham was born in Iraq. When the people of his community and Iraq’s ruler, Nimrod, became his enemies, he left his native place after fully conveying the divine message to them. At God’s command he migrated to the lands of Syria and Palestine. Though his countrymen did not support him, God gave him sons and grandsons who followed in his footsteps. God accepted and appreciated his piety to the extent that He started a chain of prophets from amongst his descendants.