Ayat 71.
And We rescued him and Lout (Lot) to the land which We have blessed for the
'Alamin (mankind and jinns).
Ayat 72. And We bestowed upon him
Ishaque (Isaac), and (a grandson) Yaqub (Jacob). Each one We made righteous.
Ayat 73. And We made them leaders, guiding (mankind)
by Our Command, and We inspired in them the doing of good deeds, performing
Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and the giving of Zakat and of Us
(Alone) they were worshippers.
[Tafseer]
But We delivered him and (his
nephew) Lut PBUH (and directed them) to the land which We have blessed for the
nations. The land of Aram or Syria , which in its widest connotation
includes Canaan or Palestine , is a well-watered fertile land, with a
Mediterranean sea-coast, on which the famous commercial cities of Tyre and Sidon
were situated. Its population is very mixed, as it has been a bone of contention
between all the great kingdoms and empires of Western Asia and Egypt , and
European interest in it dates from the most ancient
times. And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional
gift, (a grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of
them). Nafilah has many meanings: (1) booty; (2) extra work or prayer; (3)
extra or additional gift; (4) grandson. The two last implications are implied
here. Not only was Abraham PBUH given a son in his old age; he was given not
only Isaac (PBUH), but several sons, the chief being Ismail PBUH and Isaac
PBUH, who both joined in burying him ; and he also saw grandsons. Ismail PBUH is
specially mentioned later apart from Isaac's line, on account of his
special importance for Islam. And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and
We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to
practice regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us
only). The spiritual lesson from this
passage may be recapitulated. The righteous man makes no compromise with evil.
If the votaries of evil laugh at him he pays them in their own coin, but he
stands firmly by his principles. His firmness causes some confusion among the
followers of evil, and he openly declares the faith that is in him. They try,
openly and secretly, to injure or kill him, but Allah protects him, while evil
perished from its own
excesses.
Hazrat Buraidah (May
Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah 
[SAWW](PBUH) said, "That which differentiates us from the disbelievers and
hypocrites is our performance of Salat. He who abandons it, becomes a
disbeliever.''
[At-Tirmidhi
Hadith #
2621]
Lesson : as
mentioned above in Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 73."We inspired in them
the doing of good deeds, performing Salat
(Iqamat-as-Salat)," This
Hadith makes the importance of Salat in Islam abundantly clear. The
opinion of the Companions of the Prophet
[SAWW](PBUH) was based on the information contained in the Ahadith which have
been mentioned above. They did not take the Ahadith which interpreted the
leaving of Salat as Kufr mere scolding or reproof. They considered slackness and
negligence in Salat as Kufr and apostasy and regarded Salat a symbol of
Islam..
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