قَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ لَهُۥ بُنۡيَٰنٗا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِي ٱلۡجَحِيمِ
Qaloo ibnoo lahu bunyanan faalqoohu fee aljaheemi
They said, "Build him a furnace, and throw him into the blazing fire!"
37. Safat · verses 97–103
سورة الصّافّاتفَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِينَ
Faaradoo bihi kaydan fajaAAalnahumu alasfaleena
(This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We made them the ones most humiliated!
وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ
Waqala innee thahibun ila rabbee sayahdeeni
He said: "I will go to my Lord! He will surely guide me!
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Rabbi hab lee mina alssaliheena
"O my Lord! Grant me a righteous (son)!"
فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ
Fabashsharnahu bighulamin haleemin
So We gave him the good news of a boy ready to suffer and forbear.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Falamma balagha maAAahu alssaAAya qala ya bunayya innee ara fee almanami annee athbahuka faonthur matha tara qala ya abati ifAAal ma tumaru satajidunee in shaa Allahu mina alssabireena
Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: Now see what is thy view!" (The son) said: "O my father! Do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!"
فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ
Falamma aslama watallahu liljabeeni
So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice),
