The Poets
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.[26:83]
"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;

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* v.83 : Having shown clearly the distinction between the False and the True, Abraham now shows in the forin of a Prayer what his inmost wishes are. (1) He wants his own soul entightened with divine wisdom, and (2) his heart and life filled with righteousness; (3) he will not be content with working for himself or his own generation: his view extends to all future generations; (4) and of course he wishes to attain the goal of the righteous, the Garden of the Bliss of the Divine Countenance; but he is not content with this; for (5) he wants his father and relatives to share in his spiritual joy, so that he can proudly see all whom he can reach, in an honourable station (contrasted with disgrace) on the Day of Judgment.