A077
Surah: 006 - Ayah: 077
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6:77
The True God has confirmed this natural, productive faculty of enquiry in children in the Qur’anic description of a monotheist (muwwahid) like Hazrat Ibrahim, which took place in his childhood. In this event, when he first saw a star, he wondered about it and considered it God. But when it disappeared and the moon rose, he called it God. Then when the moon disappeared and the sun rose, he said that it was his God, for, it was the greatest of them. When the sun also disappeared, he said: I do not love those that set (6:77-79).
Thus first, submission is mentioned, in which the hidden wisdom is that it is incumbent to submit and bow to the fountainhead of Divine guidance, i.e. the Divine light. That light of guidance is such that it never ceases as Hazrat Ibrᾱhim says: “I do not love those things which vanish.” (6:77). This is an allusion to the fact that the light of God is always present in the chain of guidance and we must submit and bow to it.
This verse has been referred 2 times.