Monday, April 12, 2010

The dispute between Namrud and Abraham

The dispute between Namrud and Abraham

After Abraham was unbelievably saved from that huge fire Namrud’s followers and especially he himself become very much surprised by this divine miracle. So Namrud called Abraham and
asked him: “Who is this God that you invite people to and you want them to worship?”
Prophet Abraham replied to Namrud, “I worship Almighty God Who gives life to the dead and brings death the living.” Namrud said, “This is nothing, I can also do that. Do you want to know how? I’ll show you right away. Just watch it.” He clapped his hand and commanded his guards: “Bring me two prisoners? One who has been sentenced to imprisonment and the other has been sentenced to death.” The guards brought him two chained prisoners to his presence. Namrud commanded the swordsman: “Cut off the head of the prisoner. Then release the one who has sentenced to death.”Namrud turned to Abraham and asked him: “Did you see what I did. I brought death to the prisoner
who was only sentenced to imprisonment and gave life to the one sentenced to death.” Namrud himself know this is not true. Because, He wanted to burn Abraham but God saved him from the burning. Prophet Abraham refrained from discussing with Namrud on such a matter, for what Namrud had done was incorrect. For this reason he asked him: “I worship my Lord, for He makes the sun rise in the east. Can you make it rise in the west?” Namrud was astonished at Abraham’s question, for no one had asked him such question before. However, Namrud kept silent. He was unable to answer. But remained stubborn and did not accept the religion of Prophet Abraham. After some years, our Prophet Abraham married his believing cousin, Sarah. Sarah was a beautiful, wise and rich young lady; she owned land and cattle, so she gave everything to her husband Abraham. Prophet Abraham worked on his farms and grazed cattle. God blessed him, so his land bloomed, and his cattle increased. Namrud knew that he could not harm Prophet Abraham, because he was under the protection of God. So he ordered Prophet Abraham to leave his kingdom and stopped everybody from following his religion.
Prophet Abraham thus left his homeland with his family and sheep. He took with him his wife
Sarah and his nephew Prophet Lut and left for Egypt. After some time, Namrud the tyrant king had expressed his desire to fight the army of God. And there was a host of mosquitoes, descended from above, which ate the flesh and drank the blood of the people. It is stated that one of the mosquito entered the nostrils of Namrud and reached his brain and he met a painful death.

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