He said: My covenant includes not wrong-doers.

He said: My covenant includes not wrong-doers." (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:124) What period of Ibrahim's life do these verses refer to? Do they pertain to his early age? There is no doubt that they refer to that period of his life when he was already a Prophet, for they speak of a revelation. Further, they pertain to the concluding period of his Prophethood, for they speak of the trials through which Prophet Ibrahim had passed.

These trials covered his whole life, most important of them having taken place during the declining period of his age.…