Continuation of the commentary on Tafsir al-Jalalayn: “So he looked at the stars” to make them think that he relied on them so that they would rely on them. “Then he said, ‘Indeed, I am ill’” meaning sick.

He looked at the stars. This is Ibrahim (peace be upon him) looking at them. He did this only because his people worshipped the stars and built shrines for them on the earth, and the origin of the worship of the stars is this. So he looked at these stars. When he looked, he said, “Indeed, I am ill.” He looked at them while not believing in them, peace be upon him, by way of *tawriyah* (figurative interpretation). This is *tawriyah* by action. Just as *tawriyah* can be by speech, it can also be by action. *Tawriyah* by speech is common and well known. *Tawriyah* by action is when a person makes others think that he sees something while he does not want to, or that he is indifferent to something while he has actually focused his attention on it. Perhaps you hear two people talking and you do something as if you are indifferent to them, you occupy yourself with a book, you occupy yourself with any work, you show them that you are unaware of what they are discussing, but you are recording what they are saying. This is *tawriyah* by action because you displayed to others the opposite of what they see. *Tawriyah* by speech is displaying to others the opposite of what they hear. So Ibrahim (peace be upon him) used *tawriyah* by looking at the stars, then he said, “Indeed, I am ill.” The author interpreted “ill” to mean “I will become ill.” This is also *tawriyah*, verbal *tawriyah*, because the apparent meaning of the word means that he is ill now and cannot go out with you, but he intends “ill” to mean “I will become ill.” Because the active participle is valid for the present time and the future time. It is correct to say, “I am present now” and “I am present tomorrow,” is it not? So what is valid for both they turned away from him and left him, while he, peace and blessings be upon him, intended a matter that will become clear later.