"And when his Rabb put Ibrahim to test with certain Words, and he fulfilled them. He (God) said, 'I am going to make you an Imaam for the people'..."
(Al-Qur'an, Surah al-Baqarah, part of verse 124)
Sweet commentary in Mufti Muhammad Shaafi'ee's Ma'aariful Qur'an about this verse! Boiled down...
We see in this verse the purpose of the many tests and trials which the Prophet Abraham was made to pass through. It was not punishment for a crime or anything like that! The attribute of God - Rabb - used in the verse conveys the purpose finely: it was to develop and nurture him, gradually, in stages, for his role, his reward you could say, to be an Imaam, a guide, a leader, for his people.
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