Surah Al-Baqarah 2:258
سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ · Medinan · Verse 258 of 286
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِى حَآجَّ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ فِى رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنْ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِۦمُ رَبِّىَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحْىِۦ وَأُمِيتُ ۖ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِۦمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْتِى بِٱلشَّمْسِ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Translation
[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.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:258 is discussed in 24 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Dialogue (Hiwar) (key verse)
- Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) (key verse)
- Divinity (Uluhiyyah) (key verse)
- Debate (Jidal) (key verse)
- Arrogance (Istikbar)
- Mockery (Istihza)
- Extravagance (Israf)
- Atheism (Ilhad)
- Fairness (Insaf)
- Empowerment (Tamkin)
- Reflection (Tafakkur)
- Monotheism (Tawhid)
- Reliance on Allah (Tawakkul)
- Praise (Hamd)
- Life (Hayah)
- Dawah
- Censure (Dhamm)
- Understanding (Fiqh)
- Disbelief (Kufr)
- Sovereignty (Mulk)
- Guidance (Hidayah)
- Affliction (Durr)
- Birds (Tayr)
- Injustice (Zulm)
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