Tafsir of Al-Anbiya' 21:69

Allah said: O fire! Be you cool and safety for Ibrahim! and there was no fire left on earth that was not extinguished.'' Ibn Abbas and Abu Al-Aliyah said: "Were it not for the fact that Allah said,

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(and safety), Ibrahim would have been harmed by its coldness.'' Qatadah said: "On that day there was no creature that did not try to extinguish the fire for Ibrahim, except for the gecko.'' Az-Zuhri said: "The Prophet commanded that it should be killed, and called it a harmful vermin.''

وأرادوا به كيدا فجعلناهم اﻻأخسرين