thereupon said to him o abraham! desist from this for indeed your lords command has come and a chastisement which cannot be averted is about to befall them. words literally suggest the purpose is merely to express a sense of wonder.
يا إبراهيم أعرض عن هذا إنه قد جاء أمر ربك وإنهم آتيهم عذاب غير مردود