83 Preface وَتِلكَ حُجَّتُنا آتَيناها إِبراهيمَ عَلىٰ قَومِهِ ۚ نَرفَعُ دَرَجاتٍ مَن نَشاءُ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكيمٌ عَليمٌYusuf AliThat was the reasoning about Us, which We gave to Abraham (to use) against his people:1 We raise whom We will, degree after degree: for thy Lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.The spiritual education of Abraham raised him many degrees above his contemporaries, and he was expected to use that knowledge and dignity for preaching the truth among his own people.