People of Ibrahim
Nation of the Quran
People of Ibrahimقوم إبراهيم
Traditional date, disputedUr, Iraq (traditional)
Ibrahim's people, his father Azar among them, worshipped idols and the heavenly bodies. He argued with them, broke their idols and left the largest one standing (21:58). They threw him into a great fire, but Allah made it cool and safe for him (21:69).
What does the Quran say?
Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
Quran 21:69
How did they end?
The Quran describes no destruction of them. Ibrahim left them, saying he was emigrating to his Lord (29:26).
What do historians say?
Ur was excavated by Leonard Woolley in 1922-34, revealing its ziggurat and royal tombs. The link between Ibrahim and Ur comes from the Bible ('Ur of the Chaldees'); Muslim tradition also names Kutha in Iraq and Urfa in Turkey.
The lesson
Truth can stand alone against a whole society.
Who else is linked?
IbrahimSumer and AkkadLutAzarNamrudBabyloniaUrBabylon (Babil)
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Nations of the Quran
- People of Nuh
- Ad
- Thamud
- People of Lut
- Madyan
- Companions of the Thicket
- Companions of the Rass
- People of Tubba
- Saba (Sheba)
- Bani Israil
- People of Firaun
- People of Yunus
- The city of the Sleepers
- Companions of the Ditch
- Companions of the Elephant
- People of the Sabbath
- Yajuj and Majuj
- Quraysh
- Thaqif
- Hawazin
- Aws and Khazraj (the Ansar)
- The Romans (Rum)
- The Persians
- People of Ibrahim
- Jurhum
- People of Ilyas
- People of the Town (Ya-Sin)
- The Sabians
- The Magians (Majus)