reached the blessed lands awaiting this. There, the actions of Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, Ismāʿīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, and Lady Hājira رحمۃُ اللہِ علیہا will be celebrated and emulated.

These special days give us a special lesson of faith and trust. They teach us to have firm belief in Allah, in His mercy, and in His favors; to believe in Allah without seeing Him and have complete trust in His promises.

Let us look at the miraculous life of Prophet Ibrāhīm; a life filled with matchless certainty and trust in Allah.

When fire became flowers

The story we are about to discuss is very well-known and you may have heard it many times. The Quran mentions this account.

There was once a king named Nimrod, who was a tyrannical and oppressive king. He had an entire empire at his command. This accursed person even claimed to be God. اَسْتَغْفِرُاللہ People spent their time worshipping him.

On one side, there was a king and his huge kingdom. On the other side stood Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم, alone yet defiant. In these circumstances, Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم announced the truth and began inviting people towards it.

The tyrant Nimrod could not bear this and called for a massive fire to be lit. So, for many days, wood was gathered. A huge enclosure was built and a roaring fire lit. Many books report the fire being so large, that birds could not fly over it even at several metres above—if any bird tried, it would burn and fall.

A catapult was made, in which Prophet Ibrāhīm was placed before being cast towards the flames.^[1]