By the virtue of what he said...

By the virtue of what he said, Ibrāhim simply wanted to indicate to them the invalidity of their religion and to establish to them that worship did not belong to those things like Vinus, the moon, and the sun; rather it belonged to their Creator and the Creator of the heavens and the earth.

The argument which he used against his people was among what Allah had inspired him and gave to him, just as Allah, the Great and Almighty, said: And this was Our argument which We gave to Ibrāhim against his people . Q4: How good you are, son of Allahs Apostle! Tell me about these words of Ibrāhim: And when Ibrāhim said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead, He said: What! and do you not believe. He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. [1] Ans.

4: Surely Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, had revealed to Ibrāhim that He would take one of His creatures for a bosom friend. If he asked Him to give life to the dead, He would respond to him. Ibrāhim thought that he would be the bosom friend, and hence he said: My Lord,show me how You give life to the dead,He said:What! and do you not believe.He said: Yes,but that my heart may be at ease .He [1] Ibid., 2, 26.

(Allah) said: Then take four of the birds, then train them to follow you, then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them, they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise . As a result Ibrāhim took an eagle, a peacock, a duck and a rooster. He cut the birds into pieces and mixed them. They were ten pieces. Then he placed each piece of them on the mountains around him, and put the beaks between his fingers. He put seeds and water beside him.

Then he called them by their names, so those pieces flew to each other until they became sound bodies. Then each body came and joined its neck and head. Then Ibrāhim, peace be on him, released their beaks. The birds flew and then they alighted. They drank from that water, ate from those seeds, and said: Allahs Prophet, you have given life to us, may Allah give life to you! Ibrāhim said: Rather it is Allah who gives life to (creatures) and make (them) die, and He is powerful over all things!

Q5: Allah bless you, Abū al-Hasan! Tell me about these words of Him, the Great and Almighty: So Mūsā struck him with his fist and killed him. He said: This is on account of Satans doing . [1] Ans. 4: Mūsā entered one of Firawns (Pharaohs) cities when its inhabitants were heedless of him. That was between the sunset and the evening.