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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Portraits of Youths in Quran and the History of Islam Ismail and the Great Sacrifice The Young Man Who Offered His Life In The Path Of Truth The brave soldier of monotheism had finished his fight with the idol-worshippers of Babel .

Thereafter when the residents of the town knew well that he was the messenger of God and the only aim of his mission was to make people aware of God and the realization of His Radiance (Noor) and when the influence of Nimrod ended in Babel, he took his wife, Sarah with him and, bidding farewell to Babel went towards Syria. After concluding a long journey he stayed at Harran . The residents of this place were worshipping the sun, moon and stars.

Ibrahim (a.s) staged grand discussions with people here also and drew the attention of people towards the true God Who is the Lord Creator of the earth, the skies and everything else in the cosmos. He established and proved that the sun, the moon and the stars fade away after shinning for a while and hence they cannot be gods.

God, the creator and the protector of the universe remains ever-present and He can be the only one who created the skies, stars and the earth and who is managing all of them under His own administration. Here also a group of intelligent and wise people accepted the words of Ibrahim (a.s) and took to the path of truth while another group rose up in protest. Ibrahim (a.s) thought that it was not wise, at that time, to take further risks and proceeded towards Palestine and settled there.

He stayed there for quite a long time. When a severe drought occurred there, he entered Egypt passing through the desert of Sinai . At first, the king of Egypt showed enmity towards him. But thereafter, he was gifted a big herd of sheep and the king also gave him from his harem an honorable lady named Hajrah so that she may live with Sarah and help her in the household work. Ibrahim (a.s) spent a large part of his life in Egypt . Rise in the number of his sheep made him wealthy.

When the people of Palestine had passed out from famine and forgotten his efforts, Ibrahim (a.s) went back to live there. He established a traveler guesthouse where people could lodge and board. Travelers from Jordan , Lebanon and Syria used to stay there and benefit from the said facilities.