قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ(( 74 )) 74- THEY SAID...

قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ(( 74 )) 74- THEY SAID:ِ ``WE FOUND OUR FATHERS DOING THAT.'' قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ(( 75 )) 75- HE SAID:ِ ``HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPING.'' أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الاَْقْدَمُونَ(( 76 )) 76- YOU AND YOUR FATHERS BEFORE YOU. فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِّى إِلاَّ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ(( 77 )) 77- ALL OF THEM ARE MY ENEMIES, EXCEPT THE LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS.

[ 450 ] الَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ(( 78 )) 78- HE WHO CREATED ME, AND IT IS HE WHO GUIDES ME. وَالَّذِى هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِى وَيَسْقِينِ(( 79 )) 79- AND HE WHO FEEDS ME AND FURNISHES ME WITH DRINK. وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ(( 80 )) 80- AND WHEN I BECAME SICK THEN HE IS WHO CURES ME. وَالَّذِى يُمِيتُنِى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ(( 81 )) 81- AND HE WHO MAKES ME TO DIE, THEN RESTORES ME BACK TO LIFE.

وَالَّذِى أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيئَتِى يَوْمَ الدِّينِ(( 82 )) 82- AND HE WHOM I COVER TO FORGIVE ME MY WRONGS IN THE DAY OF DOOM.

THE COMMENTARY I WORSHIP SUCH A GOD VERSE NO.69ِ82 Following the story of Moses in his Pass Over, and drowning Pharaoh and his host, the immediate reference goes back to a part of the adventures of ABRAHAM, another Arch prophet of God:ِ ``And rehearse to them the story of Abraham; when he said to his father, and to his people:ِ ``What do you worship?'' And they immediately answered:ِ ``We worship the idols as a daily routine, and always attend them.'' They said so, as if they were proud of doing such that useless and foolish act!

But Abraham then a youth in his teenages, kept them [ 451 ] under a shower of questions or better to say objections!:ِ ``Do they hear you when you call them? Or can they be of any profit, or even of any harm to you?'' Of course, there was not any sign of the least amount of intelligence and understanding in their false gods which were only pieces of carved stones!

The idolaters who could find no reason for their ridiculous worship, said:ِ ``We found our fathers doing that!'' This was a sign of their blind and dark imitation. At the beginning, Abraham revealed his ideas about the idolatary and false worship, in the form of a gentle and reasonable dialogue. He patiently argued with his father and his people about God's truth, then he tried to convince his people that the idols are not a worthy object of worship, who can neither hear nor answer a call.

But his people obstinately rejected him, and threatened him of punishments like to death with stone!

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