Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
about the Lord of all the worlds?’
88 Then he made an observation of the stars 1
89 and said, ‘Indeed I am sick!’
90 So they went away leaving him behind.
91 Then he stole away to their gods
and said, ‘Will you not eat?
92 Why do you not speak?’
93 Then he attacked them, striking forcefully.
94 They came running towards him.
95 He said, ‘Do you worship
what you have yourselves carved,
96 when Allah has created you
and whatever you make?’
97 They said, ‘Build a structure for him
and cast him into a huge fire.’
98 So they sought to outwit him,
but We made them the lowermost.
99 He said, ‘Indeed I am going toward my Lord,
who will guide me.’
100 ‘My Lord! Give me [an heir], one of the righteous.’
101 So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son.2
102 When he was old enough to assist in his endeavour,
he said, ‘My son!
I see in a dream that I am sacrificing you.
See what you think.’
He said, ‘Father!
1 Or ‘threw a look at the stars.’
2 That is, Ishmael, who was Abraham’s first born. That it was Ishmael to whom the following episode of the sacrifice pertains is also supported by the fact that verses pertaining to the birth of Isaac follow the account of Ishmael’s sacrifice.
