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fulfilled the very goal of this act of worship—an act unlike any other—was established as a sunnah among his descendants until the Day of Resurrection, and through it people seek nearness to Allah and thereby attain His reward and His pleasure? “We left for him a good name among later generations: Peace be upon Abraham.” ⦗Al-Saffat 108-109⦘
حصلَ بهِ مقصودُ هذهِ العبادةِ التي لا يشبهُها عبادةٌ، وصارَ سنةً في عقبهِ إلى يومِ القيامةِ، يُتقرَّبُ بهِ إلى اللهِ، ويُدرَكُ بهِ ثوابهُ ورضاهُ ﴿وَتَرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْآخِرِينَ (١٠٨) سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ (١٠٩)﴾ [الصافات: ١٠٨ - ١٠٩].