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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [2:258] | Alam tara ila allathee hajjaibraheema fee rabbihi an atahu Allahualmulka ith qala ibraheemu rabbiya allatheeyuhyee wayumeetu qala ana ohyeewaomeetu qala ibraheemu fa-inna Allahaya/tee bialshshamsi mina almashriqi fa/ti biha minaalmaghribi fabuhita allathee kafara waAllahula yahdee alqawma alththalimeena |  ألم تر إلى الذي حاج إبراهيم في ربه أن آتاه الله الملك إذ قال إبراهيم ربي الذي يحيي ويميت قال أنا أحيي وأميت قال إبراهيم فإن الله يأتي بالشمس من المشرق فأت بها من المغرب فبهت الذي كفر والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمينأَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِي حَآجَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ أَنْ آتَاهُ اللّهُ الْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذِي يُحْيِـي وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا أُحْيِـي وَأُمِيتُ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَإِنَّ اللّهَ يَأْتِي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | (اے حبیب!) کیا آپ نے اس شخص کو نہیں دیکھا جو اس وجہ سے کہ اﷲ نے اسے سلطنت دی تھی ابراہیم (علیہ السلام) سے (خود) اپنے رب (ہی) کے بارے میں جھگڑا کرنے لگا، جب ابراہیم (علیہ السلام) نے کہا: میرا رب وہ ہے جو زندہ (بھی) کرتا ہے اور مارتا (بھی) ہے، تو (جواباً) کہنے لگا: میں (بھی) زندہ کرتا ہوں اور مارتا ہوں، ابراہیم (علیہ السلام) نے کہا: بیشک اﷲ سورج کو مشرق کی طرف سے نکالتا ہے تُو اسے مغرب کی طرف سے نکال لا! سو وہ کافر دہشت زدہ ہو گیا، اور اﷲ ظالم قوم کو حق کی راہ نہیں دکھاتا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About his Lord, because Allah 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 Allah 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 Allah Give guidance to a people unjust.
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| Ahmed Ali | کیا تو نے اس شخص کو نہیں دیکھا جس نے ابراھیم سے اس کے رب کی بابت جھگڑا کیا اس لیے کہ الله نے اسے سلطنت دی تھی جب ابراھیم نے کہا کہ میرا رب وہ ہے جو زندہ کرتا ہے اور مارتا ہے اس نے کہا میں بھی زندہ کرتا ہوں اور مارتا ہوں کہا ابراھیم نے بے شک الله سورج مشرق سے لاتا ہے تو اسے مغرب سے لے آ تب وہ کافر حیران رہ گیا اور الله بے انصافوں کی سیدھی راہ نہیں دکھاتا | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | اے محبوب! کیا تم نے نہ دیکھا تھا اسے جو ابراہیم سے جھگڑا اس کے رب کے بارے میں اس پر کہ اللہ نے اسے بادشاہی دی جبکہ ابراہیم نے کہا کہ میرا رب وہ ہے جو جِلاتا اور مارتا ہے بولا میں جِلاتا اور مارتا ہوں ابراہیم نے فرمایا تو اللہ سورج کو لاتا ہے پورب (مشرق) سے تو اس کو پچھم (مغرب) سے لے آ تو ہوش اڑ گئے کافروں کے، اور اللہ راہ نہیں دکھاتا ظالموں کو، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | کیا نہیں غور کیا تم نے اس شخص (کے حال) پر جس نے جھگڑا کیا تھا ابراہیم سے اس کے رب کے بارے میں اس بنا پر کہ عطا کر رکھی تھی اس کو اللہ نے سلطنت، جب کہا تھا ابراہیم نے میرا رب وہ ہے جو زندگی بخشتا ہے اور مارتا ہے اس نے کہا میں بھی زندگی بخشتا ہوں اور مارتا ہوں۔ ابراہیم نے کہا اچھا! اللہ تو نکالتا ہے سورج کو مشرق سے، ذرا نکال لا تو اس کو مغرب سے سو مبہوت ہو کر رہ گیا وہ جو کافر تھا اور اللہ نہیں دیا کرتا ہدایت بے انصاف لوگوں کو۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | بھلا تم نے اس شخص کو نہیں دیکھا جو اس (غرور کے) سبب سے کہ خدا نے اس کو سلطنت بخشی تھی ابراہیم سے پروردگار کے بارے میں جھگڑنے لگا۔ جب ابراہیم نے کہا میرا پروردگار تو وہ ہے جو جلاتا اور مارتا ہے۔ وہ بولا کہ جلا اور مار تو میں بھی سکتا ہوں۔ ابراہیم نے کہا کہ خدا تو سورج کو مشرق سے نکالتا ہے آپ اسے مغرب سے نکال دیجیئے (یہ سن کر) کافر حیران رہ گیا اور خدا بےانصافوں کو ہدایت نہیں دیا کرتا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | کیا نہ دیکھا تو نے اس شخص کو جس نے جھگڑا کیا ابراہیم سے اس کے رب کی بابت اسی وجہ سے کہ دی تھی اللہ نے اس کو سلطنت جب کہا ابراہیم نے میرا رب وہ ہے جو زندہ کرتا ہے اور مارتا ہے وہ بولا میں بھی جلاتا اور مارتا ہوں کہا ابراہیم نے کہ بیشک اللہ تو لاتا ہے سورج | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | کیا تم نے اُس شخص کے حال پر غور نہیں کیا، جس نے ابراہیمؑ سے جھگڑا کیا تھا؟ جھگڑا اِس بات پر کہ ابراہیمؑ کا رب کون ہے، اور اس بنا پر کہ اس شخص کو اللہ نے حکومت دے رکھی تھی جب ابراہیمؑ نے کہا کہ "میرا رب وہ ہے، جس کے اختیار میں زندگی اور موت ہے، تو اُس نے جواب دیا: "زندگی اور موت میرے اختیار میں ہے"ابراہیمؑ نے کہا: "اچھا، اللہ سورج کو مشرق سے نکالتا ہے، تو ذرا اُسے مغرب سے نکال لا" یہ سن کر وہ منکر حق ششدر رہ گیا، مگر اللہ ظالموں کو راہ راست نہیں دکھایا کرتا | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | Did you not see/understand to who quarreled/argued/disputed (with) Abraham in his Lord, that God gave him the ownership/kingdom , when Abraham said: "My Lord, (is) who revives/makes alive and makes die ." He said: "I revive/make alive and I make die." Abraham said: "So then God comes with the sun from the east , so come with it from the west." So who disbelieved was astonished/confused , and God does not guide the nation the unjust/oppressive. | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | Hast thou not Turned thy vision to one who disputed with Abraham About his Lord, because Allah 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 Allah 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 Allah Give guidance to a people unjust. | ||||||
| Pickthal | Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My Lord is He Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life and cause death. Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. | ||||||
| Arberry | Hast thou not regarded him who disputed with Abraham, concerning his Lord, that God had given him the kingship? When Abraham said, 'My Lord is He who gives life, and makes to die,' he said, 'I give life, and make to die.' Said Abraham, 'God brings the sun from the east; so bring thou it from the west.' Then the unbeliever was confounded. God guides not the people of the evildoers. | ||||||
| Shakir | Have you not considered him (Namrud) who disputed with Ibrahim about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Ibrahim said: My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die, he said: I give life and cause death. Ibrahim said: So surely Allah causes the sun to rise from the east, then make it rise from the west; thus he who disbelieved was confounded; and Allah does not guide aright the unjust people. | ||||||
| Sarwar | (Muhammad), have you heard about the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord for His granting him authority? Abraham said, "It is only my Lord who gives life and causes things to die." His opponent said, "I also can give life and make things die." Abraham said, "God causes the sun to come up from the East. You make it come from the West." Thus the unbeliever was confounded. God does not guide the unjust people. | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah 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, Allah brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people. | ||||||
| Malik | Have you ever reflected upon the one, to whom Allah had given a kingdom, who argued with Abraham about his Lord. When Abraham said: "My Lord is He Who has power to give life and to cause death." He replied: "I too have the power to give life and to cause death." Abraham said: "Well, Allah causes the sun to rise from the east; just make it rise from the west." Thus the unbeliever was confounded; Allah does not guide the evildoers.[258] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | Hast thou not thought of him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him kingdom? When Abraham said, My Lord is He who gives life and causes to die, he said: I give life and cause death. Abraham said: Surely Allah causes the sun to rise from the East, so do thou make it rise from the West. Thus he who disbelieved was confounded. And Allah guides not the unjust people. | ||||||
| Free Minds | Did the news come to you of the person who debated with Abraham regarding his Lord, while God had given him a kingship? Abraham said: "My Lord is the One who gives life and death," he said: "I bring life and death." Abraham said: "God brings the sun from the east, so you bring it from the west." The one who disbelieved was confounded! And God does not guide the wicked people. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | Have you not seen he who argued with Abraham about his Lord that Allah had given him the kingship! When Abraham said: 'My Lord is He who revives, and causes to die. ' He said: 'I revive, and cause to die. ' Abraham said: 'Allah brings up the sun from the east; so you bring it from the west! ' Then he who disbelieved became pale. Allah does not guide the nation, the harmdoers. | ||||||
| George Sale | Hast thou not considered him who disputed with Abraham concerning his Lord, because God had given him the kingdom? When Abraham said, my Lord is he who giveth life, and killeth: He answered, I give life, and I kill. Abraham said, verily God bringeth the sun from the east, now do thou bring it from the west. Whereupon the infidel was confounded; for God directeth not the ungoldly people. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | Hast thou not thought on him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because God had given him the kingdom? When Abraham said, "My Lord is He who maketh alive and cause to die:" He said, "It is I who make alive and cause to die!" Abraham said, "Since God | ||||||
| Asad | ART THOU NOT aware of that [king] who argued with Abraham about his Sustainer, (simply] because God had granted him kingship? Lo! Abraham said: "My Sus'tainer is He who grants life and deals death." [The king] replied: "I [too] grant life and deal death!" Said Abraham: "Verily, God causes the sun to rise in the east; cause it, then, to rise in the west!" Thereupon he who was bent on denying the truth remained dumbfounded: for God does not guide people who [deliberately] do wrong. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | Have you noted the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord, though GOD had given him kingship? Abraham said, "My Lord grants life and death." He said, "I grant life and death." Abraham said, "GOD brings the sun from the east, can you bring it from the west?" The disbeliever was stumped. GOD does not guide the wicked. | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | Have you not looked at him who disputed with Ibrahim (Abraham) about his Lord (Allah), because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Ibrahim (Abraham) said (to him): "My Lord (Allah) is He Who gives life and causes death." He said, "I give life and cause death." Ibrahim (Abraham) said, "Verily! Allah causes the sun to rise from the east; then cause it you to rise from the west." So the disbeliever was utterly defeated. And Allah guides not the people, who are Zalimoon (wrong-doers, etc.). | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | Think of the one who adamantly argued with Abraham about his Lord because Allah had given him power (Nimrod Shaddad, the King of Babylon who used to proclaim divinity). Abraham said to him, "My Lord is He Who gives life and causes death." He answered, "I give life and cause death." (Being a tyrant king he could reverse or impose death penalty upon his subjects). Abraham said, "Allah makes the sun rise from the East; make it rise from the West." Thereupon the rejecter of the Truth remained dumbfounded. And Allah does not guide people who displace reality with falsehood. | ||||||
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| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 2 - Al-Baqarah | Showing verse 258 of 286 in chapter 2 | |||||
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