Surah 26:83
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رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
My Lord, grant me judgment, and join me with the righteous,
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدۡقٖ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ
and assign to me a good reputation among later (generations).
وَٱجۡعَلۡنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss.
وَٱغۡفِرۡ لِأَبِيٓ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
And forgive my father, (for) surely he is one of those who have gone astray.
وَلَا تُخۡزِنِي يَوۡمَ يُبۡعَثُونَ
Do not disgrace me on the Day when they are raised up,
يَوۡمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٞ وَلَا بَنُونَ
the Day when neither wealth nor children will benefit (them),
إِلَّا مَنۡ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلۡبٖ سَلِيمٖ
except for the one who comes to God with a sound heart.
Here Ibrahim, upon him be peace, asks his Lord to give him Hukm. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “This is knowledge.”
{and join me with the righteous.} means, ‘make me one of the righteous in this world and the Hereafter.’ This is like the words the Prophet said three times when he was dying:
«O Allah, with the Exalted Companion (of Paradise)»
meaning, ‘cause me to be remembered in a good manner after my death, so that I will be spoken of and taken as a good example.’ This is like the Ayah,
meaning, ‘bless me in this world with honorable mention after I am gone, and in the Hereafter by making me one of the inheritors of the Paradise of Delight.’
This is like the Ayah,
{My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents} (71:28).
But this is something which Ibrahim, peace be upon him, later stopped doing, as Allah says:
{Verily, Ibrahim was Awwah and was forbearing} (9:114).
Allah stopped Ibrahim from asking for forgiveness for his father, as He says:
[{Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrahim and those with him}, until His saying:
{but I have no power to do anything for you before Allah.} (60:4)](quran/60/4).
means, ‘protect me from shame on the Day of Resurrection and the Day when all creatures, the first and the last, will be raised.’ Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Prophet said:
«Ibrahim will see his father on the Day of Resurrection, covered with dust and darkness.»
According to another narration, also from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet said:
«Ibrahim will meet his father and will say: "O Lord, You promised me that You would not disgrace me on the Day when all creatures are resurrected." And Allah will say to him: "I have forbidden Paradise to the disbelievers."»
He also recorded this in the Hadiths about the Prophets, upon them be peace, where the wording is:
«Ibrahim will meet his father Azar on the Day of Resurrection, and there will be dust and darkness on Azar's face. Ibrahim will say to him, "Did I not tell you not to disobey me?" His father will say to him: “Today I will not disobey you." Ibrahim will say: "O Lord, You promised me that You would not disgrace me on the Day when they are resurrected, but what disgrace can be greater than seeing my father in this state?" Allah will say to him: "I have forbidden Paradise to the disbelievers." Then it will be said: "O Ibrahim! Look beneath your feet." So he will look and there he will see (that his father was changed into) a male hyena covered in dung, which will be caught by the legs and thrown in the Fire.»
This was also recorded by Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman An-Nasa’i in the Tafsir of his Sunan Al-Kubra .
means, a man’s wealth will not protect him from the punishment of Allah, even if he were to pay a ransom equivalent to an earthful of gold.
{nor sons} means, ‘or if you were to pay a ransom of all the people on earth.’ On that Day nothing will be of any avail except faith in Allah and sincere devotion to Him, and renunciation of Shirk and its people. Allah says: