الآية رقم (78) - فَلَمَّا رَأَى الشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَـذَا رَبِّي هَـذَآ أَكْبَرُ فَلَمَّا أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

(78) - (And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allah.)

(  فَلَمَّا أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ ) (…But when it set, he said, “O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allah.): When the sun, planets and moon set, Prophet Abraham (PBUH) said: I am totally free from whatever you associate with Allah in worship)., meaning the sun, moon, planets and idols that you make for the people do not have any value, as they will set and are not able to give any benefit nor prevent any harm, nor are they to be worshipped. Since these people had inherited the worship of these objects from their forefathers, it was not possible to bring them out of what they were used to doing except through logical evidence and arguments and unmistakable proofs. Because of this, Prophet Abraham (PBUH) had made use of this method of dialogue and discussion. Then, now that he had established the falsehood of their claims through evidence, he announced his freedom from all that they associated in worship with Allah (swt).