![]() ![]() He said, 'Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them if they are able to speak' … They said, 'Have you done this to our gods, O Ibrahim?' They said, 'Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify.' "They said, 'Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?' … etc." The pronoun 'they' refers to people of power as they would order others to do acts which were the prerogative of rulers: For example, the conversation with his target audience narrated in the Qur'an goes like "… he said … they said (قالوا - qalu). ![]() "Have you not considered the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord (merely) because Allah had given him kingship?" (Qur'an 2:258)Įven when Ibrahim (as) was calling the people, there are many clues indicating they were the elites and leaders. Ibrahim (as) asked him to adopt the deen of Allah: We find Ibrahim (as) engage with al-Namrud, the greatest power on earth at that time. ![]() "And recount to them the story of Abraham when he asked his father and his nation: "What do you serve?" (And then Abraham prayed): "My Lord, endow me with rule and join me with the righteous." (Qur'an 26:69-75) What is better than following him in his approach of dawa? "Indeed, I will make you an ideal for people." (Qur'an 2:124) Allah also promised Ibrahim (as) he would be the ideal model (imam) for people: The story of Ibrahim (as) is a key story in Islam as Allah ordered Muslims to take it as a model and follow him (Qur'an 3:95). Ibrahim (as) and Lut (as) were no different. All of the conversations Messengers (as) show their main aim was the political domination and establishing the deen of Allah by transferring power to the messenger so that he could establish his deen in society. The main target of the dawa of messengers then was seeking of power and authority to enable them to reorient society, its institutions and structures and thereby its members, in accordance with revelation. Unlike societies prophets (anbiya) were sent to, where they organised social life in accordance to revelation with some aspects of revelation having become distorted or lost, messengers (rusul) were sent to societies that totally rejected revelation as the basis for social organisation. Ibrahim (as) and Lut (as) were contemporaries, sent to people who totally rejected Allah's deen for their society. ![]() We find this conclusion very clear in the discourse with their nations. The aim of Ibrahim's (as) and Lut's (as) dawa, as well as all the previous messengers, was seeking power and authority to establish the deen of Allah in the societies they were sent to, to organise and structure a collective way of life in accordance with divine imperatives. ![]()
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