Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

71. “And we delivered him, and Lot, unto the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.”

The enemy wanted to destroy Abraham (as):

“…they intended a device against him”1 ,

but Allah not only saved him but also endowed on him a blessed generation and made also all of them from among the righteous and eligible ones:

“…and We made them all righteous.”2

The event of burning Abraham alive in the fire and the miraculous safety of his life from this dangerous stage caused the chiefs of the government of Namrud tremble.

They thought if he, in that state, remained in that city and in that country, with that eloquent language, that powerful logic, and his matchless manliness, certainly he was a source of danger for that tyrannical egoistic government.

On the other hand, Abraham, in fact, had done his mission in that region and had sown the seed of faith and awareness in that land.

He ought to migrate into another part of the land and declare his call there. Therefore, he decided to migrate from that country towards Sham (Syria) accompanied with Lut, (his brother’s son), Sarah (his wife), and probably with a small group of the believers.

Thus, the Qur’an says:

“And we delivered him, and Lot, unto the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.”