Verse No. 22
“No generation is empty of a tongue of truth for Ibrahim 
. And he is a scholar from his offspring, who reminds and explains his creed.”
قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حِكَايَةً عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ:
﴿وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ﴾[1]
Translation:
Allah Almighty has said, quoting from Ibrahim :
And place a tongue of truth for me among later generations.
Considerations
1 . أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْهَرَوِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنْ دُعَاءِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: ﴿وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ﴾، فَقَالَ: مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ؟ قُلْتُ: يَقُولُونَ أَنَّهُ ثَنَاءٌ حَسَنٌ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ، إِنَّمَا لِسَانُ الْمَرْئِ فِي النَّاسِ مَنْ يَنْطِقُ عَنْهُ، فَإِذَا كَانَ صَادِقًا فَهُوَ لِسَانُ صِدْقٍ لَهُ فِيهِمْ، ﴿فَمَالِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا﴾[2]؟! ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا يَخْلُو قَرْنٌ مِنْ لِسَانِ صِدْقٍ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَهُوَ عَالِمٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ يَذْكُرُ مِلَّتَهُ وَيُبَيِّنُهَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ.
Translation:
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Harawi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about the supplication of Ibrahim , who said: “And place a tongue of truth for me among later generations.” So he said: “What do they say?” I said: “They say he meant a good name.” He said: “It is not as they say. A person’s tongue among people is nothing but one who speaks on his behalf; if he is truthful, he is a tongue of truth for that person among them. ‘So what is the matter with these people who hardly understand any word?!’” Then he said: “No generation is empty of a tongue of truth for Ibrahim . And he is a scholar from his offspring, who reminds and explains his creed until the Day of Judgment arrives.”
2 . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَيُّومِ الْبَلْخِيُّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلْمَنْصُورِ: لَا نَدْرِي مَا أَرَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِقَوْلِهِ: ﴿وَاجْعَلْ لِي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ﴾، فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ اللِّسَانُ عِنْدَكُمْ مَا يَنْطِقُ؟! قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ نَاطِقٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ يَنْطِقُ عَنْهُ فَيَصْدُقُ، وَذَلِكَ كَقَوْلِ أَحَدِكُمْ: «لِسَانِي فِيكُمْ فُلَانٌ»، إِذَا كَانَ يَنْطِقُ عَنْهُ وَهُوَ صَادِقٌ، فَسَأَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ فِي كُلِّ قَرْنٍ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ مَنْ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ سُنَّتَهُ خَالِصَةً، فَأُوتِيَ مَا سَأَلَ، وَهُوَ لِسَانُ صِدْقٍ لَهُ فِي الْآخِرِينَ.
Translation:
Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qayyum al-Balkhi informed us, he said: I said to Mansoor: “We do not know what Ibrahim meant by this statement of his: ‘And place a tongue of truth for me among later generations.’” So he said: “In your view, Is the tongue not something that speaks?!” I said: “It is.” He said: “Then his intended meaning is a speaker from his offspring, who speaks on his behalf; he then speaks the truth. And this is like the statement of one of you who says: ‘My tongue among you is so-and-so,’ whenever he speaks the truth on his behalf. So Ibrahim asked Allah to place someone for him in every generation of posterity who would teach them his way, free from any impurity. Then what he asked for was granted to him, and he is a tongue of truth for Ibrahim among posterity.”
