Quran — Page 450

But as soon as the two had surrendered themselves to [what they thought to be] the will of God, and [Abraham] had laid him down on his face,

We called out to him: “O Abraham,

thou hast already fulfilled [the purpose of] that dream- vision!” Thus, verily, do We reward the doers of good:

for, behold, all this was indeed a trial, clear in itself.

And We ransomed him with a tremendous sacrifice,

and left him thus to be remembered among later generations:

“Peace be upon Abraham!”

Thus do We reward the doers of good –

for he was truly one of our believing servants.

And [in time] We gave him the glad tiding of Isaac, [who, too, would be] a prophet, one of the righteous;

and We blessed him and Isaac: but among the offspring of these two there were [des­tined] to be both doers of good and such as would glaringly sin against themselves.

THUS, INDEED, did We bestow Our favour upon Moses and Aaron;

and We saved them and their people from the awesome calamity [of bondage],

and succoured them, so that [in the end] it was they who achieved victory.

And We gave them the divine writ that made [right and wrong] distinct,

and guided them the straight way,

and left them thus to be remem­bered among later generations:

“Peace be upon Moses and Aaron!”

Thus do We reward the doers of good –

for those two were truly among Our believing ser­vants.

AND, BEHOLD, Elijah [too] was indeed one of Our message-bearers

when he spoke [thus] to his people: “Will you not remain conscious of God?

Will you invoke Baal and forsake [God,] the best of artisans -

God, your Sustainer and the Sustainer of your forebears of old?”