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bowing down before the idols. He
knew that the idols were made of
stone and could not hear or see or
even speak.
He knew that the idols could neither
help nor harm anything. He saw the
flies sitting on them without being
driven away, and the mice eating
the food left for the idols, this he
saw each and every day .
And so Ibrahim [a] would ask him-
self, “
Why do people worship the
idols and why do they pray to them,
asking for their needs? I might be
just a child but this I do say, that I
cannot think of anything quite as
silly indeed
.”
Ibrahim [a] would go to his father
and say, “
My dear Father, why do
you worship these idols and why do
you bow down to them? Father, why
do you ask these idols for the things
