Ibrahim -as turned his -as face away from it due to his -as...

Ibrahim -as turned his -as face away from it due to his -as honour (Ghairat) from it, and said; ‘Our Allah -azwj ! Withhold his hand from her! So his hand withered and could not arrive to her. The king said to Ibrahim -as , ‘Surely your -as Lord -azwj is Honourable (Ghayyour) and so are you, so supplicate to your God that He -azwj should return my hand back to me, for it is an action that I shall not repeat.

Ibrahim -as said to him: ‘I -as will ask Him -azwj upon the condition that you will not ask me -as again to supplicate to Him -azwj ’. The king said, ‘Yes’. Ibrahim -as said: ‘Our Allah -azwj ! If he is truthful, Return his hand! His hand returned back to him.

فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ الْمَلِكُ مِنَ الْغَيْرَةِ مَا رَأَى وَ رَأَى الْآيَةَ فِي يَدِهِ عَظَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عليه السلام) وَ هَابَهُ وَ أَكْرَمَهُ وَ اتَّقَاهُ وَ قَالَ لَهُ قَدْ أَمِنْتَ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْرِضَ لَهَا أَوْ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا مَعَكَ فَانْطَلِقْ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ وَ لَكِنْ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) مَا هِيَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَأْذَنَ لِي أَنْ أُخْدِمَهَا قِبْطِيَّةً عِنْدِي جَمِيلَةً عَاقِلَةً تَكُونُ لَهَا خَادِماً قَالَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ (عليه السلام) فَدَعَا بِهَا فَوَهَبَهَا لِسَارَةَ وَ هِيَ هَاجَرُ أُمُّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ (عليه السلام) When the king saw that from the honour which he had never seen before, and saw the Sign in (the return of) his hand, he magnified Ibrahim -as , and endowed him -as (with gifts), and honoured him -as , and let him -as leave and said to him -as , ‘I grant you -as safety from displaying her, or for anything else which is with you -as .

Therefore, go to wherever you like, but I have a need from you -as ’. Ibrahim -as said: ‘What is it?’ He said to him -as , ‘I would love it if you -as would permit me that I should give her an attendant who is a Coptic woman who has beauty and intellect, who will serve her’. Ibrahim -as gave him permission for that. So he called for her, and gifted her to Sara, and she is Hajar, mother of Ismail -as .

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