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My brothers and sisters,

Allah Almighty has chosen to mention certain prophets and certain stories right at the beginning of the Quran.

And one of them was that of Adam alaihi sallam,

then Allah makes mention of Banu Israil,

the children of Israel or the children of the Prophet Jacob,

may peace be upon him, who was also called Israil.

Then Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala talks about one of those who was the closest to him,

Ibrahim alaihi sallam, the Prophet Abraham.

And something unique happened.

Allah tested him with so many tests one after the other.

I'll imagine at a young age he was,

he found it difficult in his own home with his own father.

When he saw his father doing the wrong thing, he tried to correct his father because he witnessed the crisis.

But SubhanAllah, when he witnessed that crisis and tried to correct his father, he was threatened.

But Allah gave him a comfort because he had a good relationship with Allah.

He was in beautiful comfort in the midst of a crisis.

Because he had a lovely relationship with Allah.

Allah says, we tested him.

Wa ilibatala ibarahim arabuhu binkalimatin fa atamahun.

And remember when Allah tested the Prophet Abraham with certain words and he completed them.

All the tests and the challenges that were put in front of him, he actually passed them.

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