Islam...a long story
How the story begun 1In the valley of the river Euphrates, lived a young man named Abraham.
The people of Ur had once worshiped Allah but as
time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols,
time passed they forgot the true religion and started praying to idols,
statues made of wood or clay and sometimes even of
precious stones.
precious stones.
Even as a small child Abraham could not
understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands,
understand how his people, and especially his father, could make these images with their own hands,
call them gods, and then worship them.
He had always refused to join his people
when they paid respect to these statues.
when they paid respect to these statues.
Instead he would leave the town and sit alone,
thinking about the Heavens and
the world about him.
the world about him.
He was sure his people were doing wrong
and so alone he searched for the right way.
and so alone he searched for the right way.
One clear night as
he sat staring at the sky he saw a beautiful shining star, so
beautiful that he cried out:
he sat staring at the sky he saw a beautiful shining star, so
beautiful that he cried out:
‘This must be Allah!' He looked at it
in awe for some time,
in awe for some time,
until suddenly it began to fade and then
it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying:
it disappeared. He turned away in disappointment saying:
I love not things that set. (Koran vi.77)
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