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Sura Ii. Baqara, Or The Heifer. Section 35

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Ii.: Baqara, Or The Heifer.

Section 35

258.
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 aL"thth"alimeenA

258.
Hast thou not

Turned thy vision to one

Who disputed with Abraham

About his Lord, because

God had granted him

Power? Abraham said:


"My Lord is He Who

Giveth life and death."

He said: "I give life and death."

Said Abraham: "But it is God

That causeth the sun

To rise from the East:


Do thou then cause him

To rise from the West."

Thus was he confounded

Who (in arrogance) rejected

Faith. Nor doth God

Give guidance

To a people unjust.

259.
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 faOn"th"ur ila taAAamika washarabika lam yatasannah waOn"th"ur ila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan liLnnasi waOn"th"ur ila alAAi"th"ami kayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahman falamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna Allaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeerUn

259.
Or (take) the similitude

Of one who passed

By a hamlet, all in ruins

To its roofs. He said:


"Oh! how shall God

Bring it (ever) to life,

After (this) its death?"

But God caused him

To die for a hundred years,

Then raised him up (again).

He said: "How long

Didst thou tarry (thus)?"

He said: "(Perhaps) a day

Or part of a day.
" He said:


"Nay, thou hast tarried

Thus a hundred years;

But look at thy food

And thy drink; they show

No signs of age; and look

At thy donkey: and that

We may make of thee

A Sign unto the people,

Look further at the bones,

How We bring them together

And clothe them with flesh."

When this was shown clearly

To him, he said: "I know

That God hath power

Over all things."

260.
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

260. Behold! Abraham said:


"My Lord! Show me how

Thou givest life to the dead."

He said: "Dost thou not

Then believe?
" He said:


"Yea! but to satisfy

My own understanding."

He said: "Take four birds;

Tame them to turn to thee;

Put a portion of them

On every hill, and call to them:

They will come to thee

(Flying) with speed.

Then know that God

Is Exalted in Power, Wise."

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