And who is better in the way of life than the one who submits everything to Lord Allah, and is living by testifying the Best Book Adhikr, and is following the lifestyle of Ibrahim, the upright; and Allah selected Ibrahim as a friend.
It is the only verse that says that Lord has selected Ibrahim as a friend. It is told in verse 41: 33: "Who is better in speech than the one who calls mankind with the Best Book Adhikr into Lord, and performs honorable deeds, and says that surely he is among those who submitted wholly to Lord". Ibrahim was following the way of life mentioned in verses 3: 19 and 85, and was doing Jihad against his father and people with Adhikr. So, Impartial Lord selected him as His bosom friend. It is told in verses 41: 34-35: “The Best Book Adhikr and other books written by the creatures will not be equal. So you defend with Adhikr against the evils, then the enmity between you and somebody may become in friendship, this Fortune can’t be achieved except by the patient who is preferring to eternal Hereafter than this world, and the one who enters Paradise without Trial". The believer is commanded to be a proud representative of the Lord as he has been taught by Adhikr and as he has been teaching It to others as explained in verse 3: 79. While for any of the Fujjar who hide and reject Adhikr, at the time of his death the Lord will tell that he was among the disbelievers as told in verse 39: 59. See explanation 2: 112, 257; 3: 101-102 and 10: 26.