Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 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
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.
Word by word
- 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
- وَأُمِيتُ ۖwa-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
- كَفَرَ ۗkafaradisbelieved
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَهْدِىyahdīguide
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(who are) [the] wrongdoers
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