{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00235.htm","path":"isl/quran/00235.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00235.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n258. Alam tara ila allathee hajja ibraheema fee rabbihi an atahu Allahu almulka ith qala ibraheemu rabbiya allathee yuhyee wayumeetu qala ana ohyee waomeetu qala ibraheemu fa-inna Allaha ya/tee bialshshamsi mina almashriqi fa/ti biha mina almaghribi fabuhita allathee kafara waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alththalimeena\n258. Hast thou not\n Turned thy vision to one\n Who disputed with Abraham\n About his Lord, because\n God had granted him\n Power? Abraham said:\n \"My Lord is He Who\n Giveth life and death.\"\n He said: \"I give life and death.\"\n Said Abraham: \"But it is God\n That causeth the sun\n To rise from the East:\n Do thou then cause him\n To rise from the West.\"\n Thus was he confounded\n Who (in arrogance) rejected\n Faith. Nor doth God\n Give guidance\n To a people unjust.\n259. Aw kaallathee marra AAala qaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshiha qala anna yuhyee hathihi Allahu baAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAamin thumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtu yawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAamin faonthur ila taAAamika washarabika lam yatasannah waonthur ila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan lilnnasi waonthur ila alAAithami kayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahman falamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeerun\n259. Or (take) the similitude\n Of one who passed\nBy a hamlet, all in ruins\n To its roofs. He said:\n \"Oh! how shall God\n Bring it (ever) to life,\n After (this) its death?\"\n But God caused him\n To die for a hundred years,\n Then raised him up (again).\n He said: \"How long\n Didst thou tarry (thus)?\"\n He said: \"(Perhaps) a day\n Or part of a day.\" He said:\n \"Nay, thou hast tarried\n Thus a hundred years;\n But look at thy food\n And thy drink; they show\n No signs of age; and look\n At thy donkey: and that\n We may make of thee\n A Sign unto the people,\n Look further at the bones,\n How We bring them together\n And clothe them with flesh.\"\n When this was shown clearly\n To him, he said: \"I know\n That God hath power\n Over all things.\"\n260. Wa-ith qala ibraheemu rabbi arinee kayfa tuhyee almawta qala awa lam tu/min qala bala walakin liyatma-inna qalbee qala fakhuth arbaAAatan mina alttayri fasurhunna ilayka thumma ijAAal AAala kulli jabalin minhunna juz-an thumma odAAuhunna ya/teenaka saAAyan waiAAlam anna Allaha AAazeezun hakeemun\n260. Behold! Abraham said:\n \"My Lord! Show me how\n Thou givest life to the dead.\"\n He said: \"Dost thou not\n Then believe?\" He said:\n \"Yea! but to satisfy\nMy own understanding.\"\n He said: \"Take four birds;\n Tame them to turn to thee;\n Put a portion of them\n On every hill, and call to them:\n They will come to thee\n (Flying) with speed.\n Then know that God\n Is Exalted in Power, Wise.\"","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.: Section 35 (258-260)","type":"page"}