Nimrod; Ƙarfin da ya halaka shi
Nimrod shine sarkin zamanin Annabi Ibrahim (AS). Shi ne sarkin Babila. Wasu sun ɗauki Nimrod jikan Ham, wani ɗan Nuhu. Akwai rahotanni daban-daban game da tsawon lokacin mulkin Nimrod, mafi yawansu shine shekaru 400.
Ɗayan abin da Nimrod ya yi shi ne kashe jarirai. Bayan da taurarin sun annabta cewa za a haifi yaro mai suna Ibrahim da zai yi yaƙi da bautar gumaka, Nimrod ya ba da umurni a kashe dukan jarirai maza. Duk da cewa an haifi Ibrahim (A.S) a boye, ya girma ya zama matashi mai imani da tauhidi.
Nimrod ya yada bautar gumaka a yankinsa kuma ya ɗauki kansa a matsayin Allah kuma mai mallakar duniya tare da gumaka. An ce Nimrod ne mutum na farko da ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi Allah ne.
Bayan Ibrahim ya karya gumaka na arna, Nimrod ya nemi ya azabtar da Ibrahim, amma kafin wannan, ya shiga jayayya da Ibrahim. (Baqara, 258).
A cikin Attaura, babu wani abu game da ganawa da tattaunawa tsakanin Nimrod da Ibrahim; Koyaya, a cikin al'adun Yahudawa, gami da a cikin Talmud, akwai taro tsakanin Nimrod da Ibrahim; Gabaɗaya ana fassara wannan haduwar a matsayin gaba tsakanin kyakkyawa da mummuna da kuma tsayuwar tauhidi a kan shirka.
Bayan wannan shan kashi, Nimrod ya yanke shawarar shirya wata babbar wuta don jefa Ibrahim a ciki. Amma Nimrod ma ya gaza a wannan arangama, domin bisa ga umarnin Allah, wutar ta zama marar amfani ga Ibrahim, Ibrahim ya shiga ya fita lafiya.
Bayan haka ne Nimrod ya fara yaƙi da Allah a ra'ayinsa. Shi wanda ya dauki wurin Allah sama ne, ya gina wata doguwar hasumiya wadda tsayinsa ya kai sama domin ya je sama ya yi yaki da Allah. Wannan ginin da aka fi sani da Hasumiyar Babel, an lalata shi bayan wani lokaci da umarnin Allah.
Nimrod, wanda ya yi tunanin cewa shi ne mafi ƙarfi, sauro ya kashe shi. Wani sauro ya shiga kan Nimrod ta hancinsa ya fara cin kwakwalwarsa. Ciwon kan Nimrod ya yi tsanani har suka yi masa dukan tsiya a kai don su kwantar da sauron. Haka lamarin ya ci gaba har tsawon dare arba'in har ya rasu.
