The Migration

The Migration

After this eventful episode, Prophet Abraham left the city of Babylon in disgust and migrated towards Egypt to start the monotheist community. Prophet Abraham, his wife Sarah, and his nephew Prophet Lut arrived at a place known as Ghazaza in the kingdom of the Egypt. During this journey Prophet Abraham had kept his wife Sarah in a box. At Ghazaza the custom officer Al-Ashir asked Prophet Abraham to open the box and show its contents. Prophet Abraham asked the officer to take as much duty as he liked but not to open it. In spite of persistent
request by Prophet Abraham the officer opened the box and found Sarah she was extremely beautiful. He informed the king of Egypt. King on seeing Sarah could not resist his temptation. He stretched his hand towards her. Prophet Abraham asked Almighty to protect Sarah from the wicked King. God, the Glorified accepted his prayer. He supported His Prophet Abraham and paralyzed the King’s hand. The King of Egypt was unable to touch Sarah. He knew that the Lord of Abraham prevented him from doing that. Thus, he asked Abraham: “Has your Lord prevented me from doing this?”Abraham replied: “Yes. Indeed my Lord is Merciful.”
The King of Egypt explained: “Your Lord is Merciful. You are also merciful, so ask your lord to heal my hand, and I’ll never do anything like that again.” Prophet Abraham asked God to heal the King’s hand and He, the Glorified, healed his hand. But the king again repeated what he did in the beginning. Abraham’s prayer again cursed him and again for the third time the king did what he did before. This time Abraham took a promise from the king not to repeat in which case he would not invoke God. Then Abraham prayed, “O my Lord, if this man is truly sorry, then change his hand to its original form.” Through this prayer, the king was cured. He was impressed with the power of Prophet Abraham, and accepted his faith. He treated Prophet Abraham with great respect & presented him with a beautiful well-behaved maid Hagar (Hajira), to serve Sarah, and allowed them to go wherever they wanted.