After his own people snatched away his dignity, Ibrahim’s (pbuh) plea to Allah was answered with a promise that would reduce the humiliation of this world to nothing.
Episode Transcript
(Note: the transcript has been edited for clarity)
0:00 – 0:39 Introduction
After Allah saved Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam from that fire, and he is walking away from his people, Lut Alayhi Salaam will go to his people, Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam is making hijrah, he’s migrating and he has his wife Sarah. And as he is on his way out, there are a number of, duas that he makes as he’s walking away.
And you can imagine the closeness that he had to Allah SWT in those moments, he just witnessed that great miracle from Allah SWT.
0:40 – 1:23 Ibrahim (as)’s dua for the next life
And one of the things that he says in those moments is
“wa la tukh zini yawma yub ‘ath” – Do not disgrace me on the day that we are all resurrected
“yawma la yanfa’oo maa lun wa laa banoon” – A day, in which wealth nor children, will avail a person
“illa man atallaha bi qalbin saleem” – Except for the one who comes back to Allah SWT with a sound heart,
and that’s all that Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam has at this point, is returning to Allah SWT with a sound heart. But it’s just really powerful to think about the fact that he just experienced a humiliating, traumatic moment in this life, and as he’s calling upon Allah, he’s saying, “Ya Allah, don’t let me be disgraced in the next life. Don’t let me be humiliated in the next life.“
1:24 – 2:33 When Ibrahim (as) sees his father on Judgment Day
There’s a narration where the Prophet (SAW) gives us this incident where Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam actually sees his father on the day of judgment, and his father is covered in dust and humiliated, and Ibrahim seeing his father, he says to him, “why did you disobey me?”
And his father says that I won’t disobey you today, Oh my son. And Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam looks to Allah SWT, and he says, “didn’t you promise me that you wouldn’t humiliate me on this day, and look at my father”, and Allah SWT says, “Jannah has been forbidden for the idolaters”, and Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam looks down and he sees an animal, a slaughtered animal. And that animal is grabbed by its legs and thrown into the fire.
SubhanAllah. His father who had once thrown him into a fire, and Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam still has empathy and love for his father. And so he doesn’t see his father in flesh being thrown into the fire, but an animal that is his father thrown into the fire. And that is a different fire altogether.
And so that’s a painful thing that Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam has to deal with throughout,
which is he loved his father and he still wanted good for his father. And he’s still making dua for his father for his father, even after his father had done that to him, and even on the day of judgment.
2:34 – 5:39 The honor of Ibrahim (as) on the Day of Judgment
But there is something particular about the honor of the Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam on the day of judgment that I wanna speak about. Khizi is more than anything else entering into the fire, right?
That’s the greatest form of humiliation that a person could encounter on the day of judgment, may Allah SWT protect us. But it’s really more than that, right?
Ibrahim is saying that the humiliation of this world is nothing. Imagine the gathering in the hereafter, where all of the creation of Allah is gathered, and you receive your book in your left hand, and the people mock you and laugh at you, and you are humiliated knowing that
your fate has been sealed.
May Allah protect us.
On the other hand, a person who receives their book in their right hands, going through the gatherings of the people on the day of judgment, people they knew and people
they didn’t know, and saying,
“Haa umukrau’ kitabiya” – everyone read my book. I know where I’m going. I knew this day would come and I know where I’m going. I’m going to Al Jannah, may Allah SWT make us amongst them.
But there is something special about Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam. On that day, the Prophet
(SAW) said that we would all be resurrected, and we won’t have clothes. At least initially we won’t have clothes, and Aisha (ra) asked the Prophet (SAW), “won’t the men and the woman be looking at each other?”, and the Prophet (SAW) said that the matter is too severe for them to even notice as the people are gathered without titles, even without clothes, and the Prophet (SAW) said,
“Awwalu man yuksan yawmal qiyamah, Ibrahim” – The first person to have his robe given to him, is Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam.
This is so powerful. So powerful.
Connect it to the moment where Ibrahim was just stripped of his clothes. And some of the scholars say the fire burnt off his clothes. Some say he was stripped and then thrown into the fire. And some say the fire burnt off his clothes, but not him. But he just witnessed that moment of humiliation, and he asked Allah, “don’t disgrace me on the day of judgment”, and look what Allah does for him. On the day of judgment when no one has their clothes, Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam, is clothed with the robes of paradise.
And some of the scholars say that’s how Allah SWT makes up for him, compensates him for what he suffered for, Allah SWT in these moments. His clothes were consumed
or his clothes were taken from him in this world for the sake of Allah, and so his clothes are given to him on the day of judgment before everyone else by Allah SWT, and Allah dresses him first on the day of judgment.
And I want you to imagine for a moment what this means, the honor of that and what this means. That when Ibraham was in that gathering, Ibrahim was the only one undressed, and humiliated in front of the people, who all had their worldly clothes and their robes.
On the day of judgment there will be a moment where every single human being that Allah has created is without clothes, without robes, and it’s only Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam. Talk
about being distinguished. It is only Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam that is dressed.
And so that’s how Allah SWT restores what was wrongfully taken from the one who says, “hasbunaAllahu waniAAma alwakeel“.
5:40 – 7:01 The honor of the Prophet (SAW) on the Day of Judgment
And there is a worldly element to this, as well as an element of the hereafters. As far as the worldly element of this, look at the Prophet (SAW) in Ta’if right after the Prophet (SAW) experienced the rejection and humiliation of the people of Ta’if.
Soon after Allah facilitated for him, Madinah where the people came out from their homes, and waited for him, for weeks and weeks, to see when he would come, and they all surrounded him, wanting to embrace him SAW, wanting to dedicate themselves to him.
But the greatest honor, is, “yawma yub’athun” is the day that they would be resurrected.
On that day, when Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam is dressed and honored in a way that no one
else is dressed and honored, the Prophet (SAW), who was once rejected and taunted by the people of Ta’if, and by the people of Makkah every single human being wants the shafa’ah, the intercession of the Prophet SAW.
May Allah SWT gather us around the fountain of the Prophet (SAW) and honor us on that day, and restore for us, whatever we lost for his sake in this life.
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What is Hajj? Why is it important? Learn more in What Islam says about Hajj and Umrah
