Has the story of Abraham's honoured guests come to you?
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (hath the story of abraham's honoured guests) has the event of the guests of abraham who were honoured by being offered a calf to eat (reached thee) o muhammad?
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : has the story reached you — addressing the prophet (s) — of abraham’s honoured guests? — these were [said to be either] twelve, ten or three angels, one of whom was gabriel.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : 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:
