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No matter how hard Abraham tried, they would not accept the truth, so he told them, "By
Allah, I shall outwit your idols as soon as you have turned your backs and gone." No one
took Abraham seriously so they left and went about their business.
Some time later, Abraham, unseen with ax in hand, entered the temple in which the
most revered idols were housed, and smashed all except the largest into pieces and
then hung his ax upon its shoulder and left unseen.
It wasn't long before the idolaters returned to the temple and saw their gods lying broken
into pieces on the floor. There was an outcry of horror and those who had heard
Abraham's challenge immediately suspected him, and so he was summoned before
them. "Abraham," they asked, "was it you who did this to our gods?" Abraham replied, "It
was their great one who did it. Ask them if they can speak." The idolaters huddled
together in a corner knowing well in their hearts the truth of the matter and that Abraham
had at last succeeded in exposing the worthlessness of their idols. Begrudgingly, they
admitted, "You know they do not speak." Thereupon Abraham challenged them saying:
"Would you then worship
Allah, I shall outwit your idols as soon as you have turned your backs and gone." No one
took Abraham seriously so they left and went about their business.
Some time later, Abraham, unseen with ax in hand, entered the temple in which the
most revered idols were housed, and smashed all except the largest into pieces and
then hung his ax upon its shoulder and left unseen.
It wasn't long before the idolaters returned to the temple and saw their gods lying broken
into pieces on the floor. There was an outcry of horror and those who had heard
Abraham's challenge immediately suspected him, and so he was summoned before
them. "Abraham," they asked, "was it you who did this to our gods?" Abraham replied, "It
was their great one who did it. Ask them if they can speak." The idolaters huddled
together in a corner knowing well in their hearts the truth of the matter and that Abraham
had at last succeeded in exposing the worthlessness of their idols. Begrudgingly, they
admitted, "You know they do not speak." Thereupon Abraham challenged them saying:
"Would you then worship