The Meaning of Ibrahim Being an Ummah
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Question:
We ask Your Excellency’s permission to ask a few questions. A questioner says: Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:120] the verse. Is the intended meaning that he was an ummah in terms of his person, or in terms of what Allah sent forth from
Answer:
the ummah, my brother, is used for the meaning of the ummah as a model, the ummah as a model that is followed. Ibrahim was a model. Ummah means a model for the people of good. The term ummah is also used for the imam. The term ummah is used for the imam in truth. And Ibrahim was an imam. An imam for the people.[Al-Baqarah 2:124]. Indeed, I will make you an imam for the people. The term ummah is used to mean time. A span of time. [Yusuf 12:45] What? After an ummah, after what? Ummah, and what does ummah mean? It means after a long time, yes. Recall the saying of Yusuf (peace be upon him): [Yusuf 12:42]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
We ask Your Excellency’s permission to ask a few questions. A questioner says: Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth
إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًاAnswer:
the ummah, my brother, is used for the meaning of the ummah as a model, the ummah as a model that is followed. Ibrahim was a model. Ummah means a model for the people of good. The term ummah is also used for the imam. The term ummah is used for the imam in truth. And Ibrahim was an imam. An imam for the people.
[Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people."
قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًاBut the one who was freed and remembered after
وَقَالَ الَّذِي نَجَا مِنْهُمَا وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَMention me before your master
اذْكُرْنِي عِندَ رَبِّكَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 25 من 26/تعليق على كتاب تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم/النفي والإثبات/صالح الفوزان/التفسير/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (42:55)
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