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xxiv. 2, 14). Abraham manifested his love and zeal for
God when he entered into the temple and destroyed all the
idols and images therein, and thus he was a true prototype of
his illustrious descendant Prophet Muhammad. He came out unhurt
and triumphantly from the burning furnace wherein he was
cast by the order of Nimrod. He leaves his native land for
Haran in the company of his father and his nephew
Lot. He was seventy-five years old when his father died at
Haran. In obedience and absolute resignation to the divine
call, he leaves his country and starts on a long and varied
journey to the land of Canaan, to Egypt and to Arabia. His
wife Sarah is barren; yet God announces to him that he is
destined to become the father of many nations, that all the
territories he is to traverse shall be given as an inheritance to
God when he entered into the temple and destroyed all the
idols and images therein, and thus he was a true prototype of
his illustrious descendant Prophet Muhammad. He came out unhurt
and triumphantly from the burning furnace wherein he was
cast by the order of Nimrod. He leaves his native land for
Haran in the company of his father and his nephew
Lot. He was seventy-five years old when his father died at
Haran. In obedience and absolute resignation to the divine
call, he leaves his country and starts on a long and varied
journey to the land of Canaan, to Egypt and to Arabia. His
wife Sarah is barren; yet God announces to him that he is
destined to become the father of many nations, that all the
territories he is to traverse shall be given as an inheritance to