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Al-Baqarah 258

Ayah 258 of 286 · Medinan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِي حَآجَّ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ فِي رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنۡ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكَ إِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّيَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحۡيِۦ وَأُمِيتُۖ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡتِي بِٱلشَّمۡسِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ فَأۡتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَرَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥٨

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. إِلَى[towards]ilā
  4. ٱلَّذِيthe one whoalladhī
  5. حَآجَّarguedḥājja
  6. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ(with) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  7. فِيconcerningfī
  8. رَبِّهِۦٓhis Lordrabbihi
  9. أَنۡbecausean
  10. ءَاتَىٰهُgave himātāhu
  11. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  12. ٱلۡمُلۡكَthe kingdoml-mul'ka
  13. إِذۡWhenidh
  14. قَالَSaidqāla
  15. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُIbrahimib'rāhīmu
  16. رَبِّيَMy Lordrabbiya
  17. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  18. يُحۡيِۦgrants lifeyuḥ'yī
  19. وَيُمِيتُand causes deathwayumītu
  20. قَالَHe saidqāla
  21. أَنَا۠Ianā
  22. أُحۡيِۦgive lifeuḥ'yī
  23. وَأُمِيتُۖand cause deathwa-umītu
  24. قَالَSaidqāla
  25. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُIbrahimib'rāhīmu
  26. فَإِنَّ[Then] indeedfa-inna
  27. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  28. يَأۡتِيbrings upyatī
  29. بِٱلشَّمۡسِthe sunbil-shamsi
  30. مِنَfrommina
  31. ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِthe eastl-mashriqi
  32. فَأۡتِso you bringfati
  33. بِهَاitbihā
  34. مِنَfrommina
  35. ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِthe westl-maghribi
  36. فَبُهِتَSo became dumbfoundedfabuhita
  37. ٱلَّذِيthe one whoalladhī
  38. كَفَرَۗdisbelievedkafara
  39. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  40. لَا(does) notlā
  41. يَهۡدِيguideyahdī
  42. ٱلۡقَوۡمَthe peoplel-qawma
  43. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ(who are) [the] wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

O Prophet, do you know about the arrogance of the rebellious one who argued with Abraham about Allah’s Lordship and Oneness? This happened because Allah had given him the power to rule, yet he transgressed and took advantage of his position. Abraham explained to him the attributes of his Lord by saying, ‘My Lord is the One Who gives life to the creation and causes them to die’. The rebel stubbornly said, ‘I too can give life and cause death. I can kill whomever I wish and pardon whomever I wish’. Abraham then put forward another stronger argument by saying to him, ‘The Lord I worship is the One Who brings the sun from the direction of the east; so, you should bring it from the direction of west!’ The rebel was shocked and defeated by this strong argument. Allah does not allow wrongdoers to be guided and traverse His Path because of their disobedience and rebellion.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran