﴿ قُلْنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِى بَرْدًۭا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ﴾

“[But] We said: O fire! Be thou cool, and [a source of] inner peace for Abraham!””

We said: �O Fire! Be coolness and safety for Abraham. He said:Fire is [generally] authorised to burn; even so it will not burn anyone whom it is not authorised to burn.ʿUmar b. Wāṣil al-ʿAnbarī said, �I was with Sahl one night and removed the wick from the lamp, but in the process a small part of the flame touched my finger, causing me pain. Then Sahl looked at me and put his finger [in the flame] for nearly two hours without feeling any pain and without it having any effect on his finger, saying all the while, �I take refuge in God from the Fire.��His words, Exalted is He: