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هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ
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-Adh-Dhâriyât ( الذاريات )

Tafsir al-Tustari

Has the story reached you, of Abraham’s honoured guests?He said:He [God] called them honoured (mukramūn) because he [Abraham] served them himself, and for seven days he had not eaten anything, as he was waiting for a guest. Then when God, Exalted is He, sent His angels to Him, he rejoiced at them and served them himself, but did not eat with them. This is the mark of true friendship (khilla), that is, to feed others without eating oneself, and to cure another’s illness when one is sick. His words, Exalted is He:


Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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