Prophet Abraham (A.S.)

Many years ago a boy called Abraham lived in Canaan. He was very clever and was always asking questions. Most of the people he knew worshipped idols, but Abraham did not. The people had forgotten the messages that Adam, Hud, Noah and Salih had brought them. Instead of praising Allah they worshipped Idols. Abraham told his father he didn't think people should worship objects they had made themselves. His father was angry and told him not to say anything about the gods again. 
Abraham decided he must show the people they were wrong so he thought of a plan. One night he sneaked into the place where all the Idols were kept. With an axe he chopped off the heads from all, but one of the statues. He left the biggest one.
The next morning, the people were very angry and upset at what had happened. They were sure Abraham had done it. They gathered in the public square and asked him if he had done it. Abraham told them to ask their big idol if he knew who was responsible. But, of course, the statue could not speak and the people knew that the statue was only, but a stone. Abraham shouted at them and asked how they could worship lumps of stone. The bad people were even angrier. They started to collect wood for a fire. They were going to burn Abraham to death.
They made a big bonfire and put Abraham on the top. Everyone came to watch. They lit the wood. The fire burned, the flames grew higher and higher. The people had to back away from the heat of the flames. Abraham was a good person. He believed in Allah. Allah would protect him. Allah would not let the fire harm him. When the flames calmed down, the people could not believe their eyes. They saw that Abraham was alive and the flames had not harmed him at all. 
How had this happened? They all knew this was a great miracle and they fell to their knees. This wonderful thing had made them believe in Allah. Some people would still not listen. They thought Abraham was just a magician Nimrod, the king of Canaan, heard all about Abraham. He wanted to talk to him. He asked Abraham about Allah. Abraham told him that Allah could do all things. He could give life and death. Nimrod said that he too could do that.
His soldiers brought two men in. Nimrod ordered one to be killed and the other to be saved. Nimrod thought that this made him like Allah. Abraham told him that Allah brings the sun every morning from the East. He asked Nimrod if he could bring the sun from the west next day, of course, Nimrod as unable to do that.

 Abraham married a girl called Sarah. They lived very happily in Palestine. hey worked and had plenty of everything. Abraham became very wealthy, but he was still a good man. He always helped other people too. After many years Abraham and Sarah could not have children. This made them very sad. They both wanted a child to share their life with. Sarah told Abraham that he should marry her servant Hagar too, so that Abraham and Hagar could make a child together.