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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

My brothers and sisters,

there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the story of the Prophet Ibrahim.

Abraham may peace be upon him.

When we reconnect with Revelation, we see Allah Almighty Himself has repeated many stories in the Quran

of the previous prophets.

Every time he mentions a story, the idea is for us to learn from it.

The idea is for us to take lesson from it.

And Ibrahim alaihi salam, there are so many aspects of his life

that are covered in the Quran.

In Revelation, for us to see, I'd like to highlight today something very important from Surat Mariam,

where Allah Almighty makes mention of a discussion between two people.

Ibrahim alaihi salam, young boy, watched his father carving the idols, selling them.

He watched his father worship the idols.

He watched his father do so many things, it didn't sit well with him.

He felt always that there is something wrong.

And so he started looking around, he started seeing the stars, he said,

well, this is better than what my father does.

He looked at the moon, he looked at so many other factors.

And considering what is the right thing,

he never worshipped anyone or anything besides Allah.

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