He was grateful for the Lord’s favors; Allah chose him and guided him into the Straightpath.
Messenger Ibrahim was an upright man who had submitted wholly to the Lord. When he was deputed as Messenger to his people, his people rejected and opposed him. Sarah was mentioned as Ibrahim’s woman instead of as his wife because she was desperate not to have a child and didn’t become a believer until she got the herald of Ishaq as told in verse 11: 71. It is told in verse 60: 4: “There is already for you an excellent example in Ibrahim when he said to people: ‘Indeed, we (party of the Lord) are disassociating from you and from whatever you are serving besides Allah. We are rejecting you, and there has appeared enmity between you and us until you believe in Allah alone’ except Ibrahim had told his father: ‘I will surely seek forgiveness for you, but I am not able to get anything for you from Allah; our Lord, upon You we entrusted, and to You, we are repenting, and unto You is our return’”. When Messenger Ibrahim called his people to Adhikr-the Straightpath, his people with the help of the ruler tried to kill him by throwing into a fire pit. But the Lord commanded to the fire: “Be cool and peace upon Ibrahim”, and saved Ibrahim. By seeing Ibrahim coming out of the fire pit, his brother’s son Looth believed in him as told in verses 21: 68-69. By calling the believers through verse 22: 78, the Lord says: “You do Jihad in the cause of Allah as it should be, He has chosen you for, And And He has not made difficulties for you in your forefather Ibrahim’s way of life; He (Allah) has named you Muslims in this as well as in previous Books for Messenger to witness upon you and you to witness upon mankind”.
Today, Adhikr is formed as the Safeguard. So whoever holdfasts Adhikr, he did holdfast Lord and is guided into the Straightpath as explained in verse 5: 48. The Arabic Quran reading Fujjar who hide and reject Adhikr are falsely boasting and claiming that they are Muslims. But they are not following any Messenger or Prophet, instead they are following 29 pseudo-prophets and are hurrying for the 30th pseudo-prophet Antichrist. They are the true disbelievers mentioned in verses 4: 150-151. See explanation 3: 67; 6: 79, 161, and 9: 113-114.