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Hospitality

These passages belong to the same account of Ibrahim's guests. The narrative sequence connects them.

Reading 1 · 51:24

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 51:24

فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ

Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 51:26

فَقَرَّبَهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ

And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?

Marmaduke Pickthall · Quran 51:27