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Aya 258
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أَلَم تَرَ إِلَى الَّذي حاجَّ إِبراهيمَ في رَبِّهِ أَن آتاهُ اللَّهُ المُلكَ إِذ قالَ إِبراهيمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذي يُحيي وَيُميتُ قالَ أَنا أُحيي وَأُميتُ ۖ قالَ إِبراهيمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأتي بِالشَّمسِ مِنَ المَشرِقِ فَأتِ بِها مِنَ المَغرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذي كَفَرَ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لا يَهدِي القَومَ الظّالِمينَ

N. J. Dawood

Have you not heard of him who argued with Abraham about his Lord because God had bestowed sovereignty upon him? Abraham said: ‘My Lord is He who has the power of life and death.’ ‘I, too,’ replied the other, ‘have the power of life and death.’ ‘God brings up the sun from the east,’ said Abraham. ‘Bring it up yourself from the west.’ The unbeliever was confounded. God does not guide the evil-doers.