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qāla bal rabbukum rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lladhī faṭarahunna wa-ʾana ʿalā dhālikum mina sh-shāhidīna
He said, ‘Indeed, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who originated them, and I affirm that.
— Ali Quli Qarai
21Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياءVerse 56 of 112
The Prophets21. Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياء
Al Anbiyā’
The Prophets
MeccanVerse 56 of 112
Surah Al-’Anbiya’ – Verses 55 - 56
55. “They said: ‘Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the triflers’.”
56. “He said: ‘Nay! But your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth Who originated them, and I am unto this (fact) one of the witnesses’.”
This statement of Abraham (as) which was accompanied with kinds of emphasis and was said in a perfect decisiveness, caused the idol worshippers to come a little to themselves and try to investigate and research about the truth. They turned to Abraham (as) and asked him implying whether he had brought them a true matter or he was joking. The verse in this regard says:
But, in answer to them, Abraham (as) explicitly said that what he said was serious and was the exact fact that: their Lord is the Lord of the heavens and that of the earth. The above holy verse says:
Abraham (as) continued that this is the same Lord Who had created them and he was one of the witnesses of that notion. The verse continues saying:
By this sharp statement, Abraham (as) showed that that One is eligible to be worshipped Who is the Creator of them and the Creator of the earth and all beings.