وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِیمَ بِالْبُشْرَى قَالُوا سَلاَماً قَالَ سَلاَمٌ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ جَاءَ بِعِجْل حَنِیذ(( 69 ))

69- AND THERE CAME OUR MESSENGERS TO ABRAHAM WITH GLAD-TIDINGS. THEY SAID:ِ PEACE! HE ANSWERED PEACE. THEN IT TOOK NO LONG WHEN HE CAME WITH A ROASTED CALF. (TO ENTERTAIN THEM)

فَلَمَّا رَأَى أَیْدِیَهُمْ لاَ تَصِلُ إِلَیْهِ نَکِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِیفَةً قَالُوا لاَ تَخَفْ إِنَّا أُرْسِلْنَا إِلَى قَوْمِ لُوط(( 70 ))

70- BUT WHEN HE SAW THAT THEIR HANDS WENT NOT TOWARDS IT, (THEY DID NOT TOUCH THE ROAST) HE DISLIKED THEM AND CONCEIVED A FEAR OF THEM.

      THEY SAID DON'T FEAR. WE ARE SENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF LOT.

وَامْرَأَتُهُ قَائِمَةٌ فَضَحِکَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَاهَا بِإِسْحَاقَ وَمِنْ وَرَاءِ إِسْحَاقَ یَعْقُوبَ(( 71 ))

71- AND HIS WIFE WAS STANDING BY. SO SHE LAUGHED. WE THEN GAVE HER THE GLAD-TIDINGS OF (GIVING BIRTH TO) ISAAC AND AFTER ISAAC TO JACOB.

قَالَتْ یَا وَیْلَتَا أَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوزٌ وَهَذَا بَعْلِی شَیْخاً إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِیبٌ(( 72 ))

72- SHE SAID:ِ ``WOE IS ME! SHALL I BEAR A CHILD WHILE I AM AN OLD WOMAN AND THIS MY HUSBAND IS AN OLD MAN!? THIS IS INDEED SOMETHING STRANGE.''

قَالُوا أَتَعْجَبِینَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللهِ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَکَاتُهُ عَلَیْکُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَیْتِ إِنَّهُ حَمِیدٌ مَجِیدٌ(( 73 ))

73- THEY SAID:ِ ``DO YOU WONDER OF ALLAH'S ORDER? THE MERCY OF ALLAH AND HIS BLESSINGS ARE ON YOU, O, PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE, THAT HE IS THE GLORIOUS, THE PRAISE WORTHY.''