قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ
but he said, ‘How can you worship things you carve with your own hands,
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ
when it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?’
قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
They said, ‘Build a pyre and throw him into the blazing fire.’
فَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ
They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them.
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
He said, ‘I will go to my Lord: He is sure to guide me.
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Lord, grant me a righteous son,’
فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ
so We gave him the good news that he would have a patient son.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
When the boy was old enough to work with his father, Abraham said, ‘My son, I have seen myself sacrificing you in a dream. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Father, do as you are commanded and, God willing, you will find me steadfast.’