Page 17 - The Prophet Abraham (pbuh)

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

that the majority of the Middle East, at the time of the Prophet
Abraham (pbuh), was a pagan land. Allah chose the Prophet
Abraham (pbuh), by honoring him with prophethood, as His
pure servant to represent the Divine religion and proper moral
virtues in the midst of these misguided pagans.

Our Lord reveals that the Prophet Abraham's (pbuh) tribe
carved statues made of stone or wood and then as a great de-
viance they regarded them as false deities and worshipped
them. Although devoid of power and life, these pagans believed
that these idols could either harm or help them. Due to these su-
perstitious beliefs, they blindly followed the misguided belief
system of their ancestors and passed it on to the next one.

Allah revealed to the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) that He
was the Creator of everything in the universe and that those
who believed otherwise were utterly mistaken. Although his
tribe wanted him to live and think like them, the Prophet
Abraham (pbuh) turned his back on his tribe's traditional belief
system, rejected its false deities, and declared that only Allah
truly existed. In order to deepen and reinforce his faith, Allah

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