“Then did Lot believe him, and Abraham said: ‘I am emigrating unto my Lord. He is All-Powerful, All-Wise,’ and We bestowed upon him (offspring like) Isaac and Jacob, and bestowed prophethood and the Book on his descendants and granted him his reward in this world; he will certainly be among the righteous in the Hereafter.”
(Al Qur’ān – 29:26-27)
Prophet Abraham reiterated his conviction that God, being All-Powerful and All-Wise, will protect him in the best possible manner and, in His infinite wisdom, will choose for him the land to which he should migrate. The Prophets Isaac and Jacob were respectively Abraham’s son and grandson. His other sons are not mentioned here. However, ‘his descendants’ include all Prophets raised among the various branches of Abraham’s descendants.
The purpose of the statement is to stress that the rulers, the clergy and the polytheists of Babylon, who sought to degrade the Prophet Abraham’s call and blindly followed the wrong-doers in opposing it, had all disappeared, and no trace of them could be found. However, the Prophet Abraham whom they had tried to burn alive for his “crime” of upholding God’s Word, and who was also forced into exile in a state of utter helplessness, was immensely exalted by God.
This is borne out by the fact that for the last four thousand years he has remained a highly renowned figure in world history, a position he will enjoy till the end of time. All Jews, Christians and Muslims regard him as their patriarch. His message has been instrumental in providing direction to mankind.