⦗24-25⦘ “The only response of his people was to say, ‘Kill him or burn him!’ But Allah saved him from the fire. Surely in that are signs for people who believe. And he said, ‘You have taken idols apart from Allah only as a bond of affection among yourselves in the life of this world. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown one another and curse one another. Your abode will be the Fire, and you will have no helpers.’”

That is, when Abraham called his people to his Lord, their response was not to accept his call, follow his sincere counsel, and recognize Allah’s blessing upon them in sending him to them. Rather, they gave him the worst possible response.

“They said, ‘Kill him or burn him!’”—seeking to put him to death in the most horrific manner. They were people of power and authority, so they cast him into the fire, “but Allah saved him” from it.

“Surely in that are signs for people who believe”: through them, they recognize the truth of what the messengers brought, their integrity and sincere counsel, the falsity of those who opposed and contradicted them, and that the opponents of the messengers seem to have enjoined one another and urged each other to deny the truth.

“And he said”: Abraham said to them, as part of his counsel, “You have taken idols apart from Allah only as a bond of affection among yourselves in the life of this world.” That is, all this can ultimately bring is affection in this world, which will soon be severed and vanish. “Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will disown one another and curse one another.” That is, the worshipers and those they worshiped will each disavow the other: “When mankind is gathered, they will be enemies to them and will deny their worship.” How, then, can you attach yourselves to beings you know will disavow their worshipers and curse them, when the abode of them all—worshipers and those worshiped alike—is “the Fire”? No one will help them against Allah’s punishment or ward off His chastisement from them.