He—glorified be He—has therefore clarified that no one turns away from Abraham’s way except the one who debases his own soul, that is, treats it with folly; in other words, his soul is itself foolish and ignorant. This is the sounder of the two opinions on the verse, and it is the view of the Kufan grammarians, who allow the accusative of specification (tamyīz) to be a definite noun just as it may be an indefinite one.

He then said of Abraham:
“When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit,’ he replied, ‘I have submitted to the Lord of all worlds.’” ⦗2:131⦘ (131)

He also mentioned that Abraham enjoined this upon his sons, and Jacob likewise enjoined it upon his own sons; both of them said to their children:
“My sons, Allah has chosen the religion for you; so do not die except as Muslims.” ⦗2:132⦘ (132)

Then He related that, at the time of Jacob’s death,
“When he said to his sons, ‘What will you worship after I am gone?’ they said, ‘We will worship your God and the God of your fathers—Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac—one God, and to Him we submit.’” ⦗2:133⦘ (133)

Thus Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob—all of them were upon