ASH SHAAFFAAT — Ayat 99

Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

وَقَالَ إِنِّى ذَاهِبٌ إِلَى رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ - رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ الصَّـلِحِينِ - فَبَشَّرْنَـهُ بِغُلَـمٍ حَلِيمٍ - فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْىَ قَالَ يبُنَىَّ إِنِّى أَرَى فِى الْمَنَامِ أَنِّى أَذْبَحُكَ فَانظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى قَالَ يأَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤمَرُ سَتَجِدُنِى إِن شَآءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّـبِرِينَ - فَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ - وَنَـدَيْنَـهُ أَن يإِبْرَهِيمُ - قَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَآ إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِينَ - إِنَّ هَـذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلاَءُ الْمُبِينُ - وَفَدَيْنَـهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِى الاٌّخِرِينَ سَلَـمٌ عَلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الْمُحْسِنِينَ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَبَشَّرْنَـهُ بِإِسْحَـقَ نَبِيّاً مِّنَ الصَّـلِحِينَ وَبَـرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى إِسْحَـقَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌ وَظَـلِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ مُبِينٌ

99. And he said: ”Verily, I am going to my Lord. He will guide me!'' 100. ”My Lord! Grant me (offspring) from the righteous.'' 101. So, We gave him the glad tidings of a forbearing boy. 102. And, when he (his son) was old enough to walk with him, he said: ”O my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you. So look what you think!'' He said: ”O my father! Do that which you are commanded, if Allah wills, you shall find me of the patient.'' 103. Then, when they had both submitted themselves, and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead; 104. We called out to him: ”O Ibrahim!'' 105. ”You have fulfilled the dream!'' Verily, thus do We reward the doers of good. 106. Verily, that indeed was a manifest trial. 107. And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice; 108. And We left for him among the later generations. 109. ”Salam (peace!) be upon Ibrahim!'' 110. Thus indeed do We reward the doers of good. 111. Verily, he was one of Our believing servants. 112. And We gave him the glad tidings of Ishaq -- a Prophet from the righteous. 113. We blessed him and Ishaq. And of their progeny are (some) that do right, and some that plainly wrong themselves. Allah tells us that after He helped His close friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, against his people, and after Ibrahim gave up hoping that they would ever believe despite all the mighty signs that they had witnessed, he emigrated away from them, and said: