{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_014_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_014_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pick_014_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pick/014.htm","summary":"This is Surah Ibrahim (Chapter 14) of the Quran, presented in M.M. Pickthall's classical English translation (1930), one of the earliest and most respected translations by a native English speaker who converted to Islam. The chapter opens by framing the Quran itself as a divine instrument to lead humanity \"from darkness unto light,\" then develops this through a series of typological narratives: Moses delivering the Israelites from Pharaoh, and the fates of earlier peoples (Noah's folk, the tribes of 'Ad and Thamud) who rejected their messengers. A distinctive structural feature is an extended passage of Abraham's own supplications, which gives the chapter its name \u2014 he prays for the sanctity of Mecca, for his descendants (including Ishmael and Isaac), and for forgiveness, casting Abraham not merely as a patriarch but as an archetype of trusting surrender to God. The chapter makes pointed theological arguments through vivid contrasts and parables: good speech is like a deep-rooted tree bearing constant fruit, while corrupt speech is like a rootless tree; the deeds of disbelievers are like ashes scattered by wind. A notably dramatic moment comes when Satan, at the Day of Judgment, disavows his followers entirely, declaring he had no power over them beyond invitation and that they bear their own blame. The chapter closes with eschatological warnings \u2014 a day of cosmic transformation when the guilty appear in chains \u2014 culminating in the declaration that the entire text exists so \"men of understanding may take heed.\"","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'\u00e2n,: 14. Ibrahim: Abraham","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1674}