Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:258

2:258

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِى حَآجَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ فِى رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنْ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّىَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحْىِۦ وَأُمِيتُ ۖ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْتِى بِٱلشَّمْسِ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

alam tara ilā alladhī ḥājja ib'rāhīma fī rabbihi an ātāhu l-lahu l-mul'ka idh qāla ib'rāhīmu rabbiya alladhī yuḥ'yī wayumītu qāla anā uḥ'yī wa-umītu qāla ib'rāhīmu fa-inna l-laha yatī bil-shamsi mina l-mashriqi fati bihā mina l-maghribi fabuhita alladhī kafara wal-lahu lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna

Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allāh had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allāh brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], have you not thought about the man who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because God had given him power to rule? When Abraham said, ‘It is my Lord who gives life and death,’ he said, ‘I too give life and death.’ So Abraham said, ‘God brings the sun from the east; so bring it from the west.’ The disbeliever was dumbfounded: God does not guide those who do evil.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you not looked at him who disputed with Ibrâhîm (Abraham) about his Lord (Allâh), because Allâh had given him the kingdom? When Ibrâhîm (Abraham) said (to him): "My Lord (Allâh) is He Who gives life and causes death." He said, "I give life and cause death." Ibrâhîm (Abraham) said, "Verily! Allâh brings the sun from the east; then bring it you from the west." So the disbeliever was utterly defeated. And Allâh guides not the people, who are Zâlimûn (wrong-doers).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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أَلَمْalamDid not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
حَآجَّḥājjaargued
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(with) Ibrahim
فِىfīconcerning
رَبِّهِۦٓrabbihihis Lord
أَنْanbecause
ءَاتَىٰهُātāhugave him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْمُلْكَl-mul'kathe kingdom
إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālaSaid
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
رَبِّىَrabbiyaMy Lord
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīgrants life
وَيُمِيتُwayumītuand causes death
قَالَqālaHe said
أَنَا۠anāI
أُحْىِۦuḥ'yīgive life
وَأُمِيتُۖwa-umītuand cause death
قَالَqālaSaid
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
فَإِنَّfa-inna[Then] indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
يَأْتِىyatībrings up
بِٱلشَّمْسِbil-shamsithe sun
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَشْرِقِl-mashriqithe east
فَأْتِfatiso you bring
بِهَاbihāit
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَغْرِبِl-maghribithe west
فَبُهِتَfabuhitaSo became dumbfounded
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
كَفَرَۗkafaradisbelieved
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
لَاlā(does) not
يَهْدِىyahdīguide
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(who are) [the] wrongdoers