Abraham (PBUH)
Abraham and Star worshipers
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On his way to Palestine and Jerusalem, Abraham happened to see a group of star worshipers who were praising stars instead of Almighty God. Abraham, getting aware of their great mistake, decided to show them God's way and save their lives. To achieve his goal, Abraham pretended to have the same religion as theirs. At night when everywhere had gone under a veil of darkness, Abraham said; "My God is this star." But soon afterwards, the star set and disappeared from the views. Abraham said: "I don't like the God who sets down." After a while, the moon appeared from a corner in the horizon. Abraham, while the star worshipers were listening to him, looked at the moon and said: "This is my God. This one is bigger than that star." By the end of the night the moon set too. Abraham said: "If my God doesn't guide me, I'll surely be misled." The next morning Abraham pointed to the Sun rising from the east. He stared at Sun's glory and brightness and said: "This should be my God. This one is bigger and brighter than all the stars" And finally, at the time when the sun, like the moon and all the stars set and disappeared in the horizon he pretended to be very much discouraged and showing great displeasure from idolatry said: "I disgust these changing things. I shall praise the God who is the creator of the earth and heavens. I only worship Him and I shall reject all these dualists in this way." Abraham justified the way of God and drew their attention towards the real deity. But those misled men instead of accepting Abraham's words, opened up a dispute with him. Abraham said: "Are you discussing about the God who has guided us and showed the right path to his creatures." The star worshipers, realizing that they couldn't have any influence on Abraham failed to make him change his idea regarding God, so they started to threaten and warn him from the stars' anger. For Abraham, these threatening were all ridiculous because he was fully aware that there was no power in the world more effective than that of God and stars were only powerless things under the command of the creator of the earth and heavens.
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