The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP

them are those who fulfill (the wisdom) and there are those who do
not fulfill (the wisdom) – yet, the wisdom behind their creation is this.
So, he who worships other than Allah opposes the wisdom
behind his creation, and (by this) he opposes the Command and
Legislation (of Allah).
Ibraheem is the father of all the Messengers who were
sent after him, so all of them are from his offspring and therefore,
Allah said, “We bestowed on him (i.e., Ibraheem), Ishaque and
Yaqoob, and ordained among his offspring Prophet-hood and the
Book (i.e. Tawrah, Injeel, Qur'aan), and We granted him his reward in
this world, and verily, in the Hereafter he is indeed among the
righteous.” [Soorah al-Ankabut (29): 27]
So all of them are from Bani Israel, the offspring of Ibraheem
- except Muhammad because he is from the progeny of Isma'eel
. So all the Prophets are the children of Ibraheem as an honor
for him.
Allah has (also) made Ibraheem an Imam for the people,
meaning an example, “He said (to him), 'Verily, I am going to make
you an Imam for mankind.” [Soorah al-Baqarah (2): 124] i.e., an
example, “Verily, Ibraheem was an Ummah.” [Soorah an-Nahl
(16): 120] meaning an example to be followed.
Allah has commanded all the creation with it
(i.e., to worship Allah alone) as He said, “Verily, I did
not create Jinn and mankind except to worship
Me (Alone).” [Soorah adh-Dhariyaat (51): 56]
So, Ibraheem called the people to the
worship of Allah (Alone) as did all the other
Prophets. All the Prophets called to
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