His saying, exalted and majestic is He:

﴿And when Abraham said to his people, 'Worship Allah and fear Him. That is better for you, if you should know.'﴾ ﴿Indeed, you worship, besides Allah, idols and you create falsehood. Indeed, those whom you worship besides Allah do not possess for you any provision. So seek from Allah provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned.﴾

It is permissible for "Abraham" to be connected to "Noah," and it is permissible for it to be connected to the pronoun in "We saved him." It is also permissible for it to be in the accusative case due to an implied verb: 'Mention Abraham.' This story is also an example for Quraysh. Nimrod and the people of his city were idol worshippers. So Abraham, peace be upon him, called them to the oneness of Allah, the Exalted, and His worship, then he established for them what they were upon of misguidance.

The majority of the people read: "you create falsehood," while Ibn al-Zubayr and Fudayl read: "a falsehood" in the form of (fa'ala), which is a noun like lying and laughing and similar. There is a difference in the meaning of "you create." It was said that it refers to the carving of the idols and their creation. He called them falsehoods in a broad sense because they falsely claim that they are deities. Mujahid said: It is the fabrication of lies regarding the idols, and other than that. Abu Abdur-Rahman as-Sulami, Awn al-‘Uqayli, Qatadah, and Ibn Abi Layla read: "and you create a falsehood" with an open 'kha' and a doubled 'lam' and an open 'fa,' and "the falsehood" - according to this reading - is the lie.

Then he confronted them with an argument that is understood by both their common and elite people, which is the matter of provision. He established that the idols do not provide sustenance, and the matter of goodness is with Allah, blessed and exalted is He, and He specified sustenance for its place among creation, so it is good that indicates its entire kind. It is said: I thanked you, and I expressed gratitude to you, with one meaning. Then he informed them of the return and the gathering to Him.