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Surah Al-Baqarah — 2:258

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِى حَآجَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ فِى رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنْ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّىَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحْىِۦ وَأُمِيتُ ۖ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْتِى بِٱلشَّمْسِ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Alam tara ilal lazee Haaajja Ibraaheema fee Rabbiheee an aataahullaahul mulka iz qaala Ibraaheemu Rabbiyal lazee yuhyee wa yumeetu qaala ana uhyee wa yumeetu qaala ana uhyee wa umeetu qaala Ibraaheemu fa innal laaha yaatee bishshamsi minal mashriqi faati bihaa minal maghribi fabuhital lazee kafar; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Apakah kamu tidak memperhatikan orang yang mendebat Ibrāhīm tentang Tuhan-nya (Allah) karena Allah telah memberikan kepada orang itu pemerintahan (kekuasaan). Ketika Ibrāhīm mengatakan, "Tuhan-ku ialah Yang menghidupkan dan mematikan", orang itu berkata, "Saya dapat menghidupkan dan mematikan"2. Ibrāhīm berkata, "Sesungguhnya Allah menerbitkan matahari dari timur, maka terbitkanlah dia dari barat," lalu heran terdiamlah orang kafir itu; dan Allah tidak memberi petunjuk kepada orang-orang yang zalim.

Have you not considered the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord, because God had given him kingship? When Ibrahim said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he replied, "I give life and cause death." Ibrahim said, "God brings the sun from the east — so bring it from the west." And the one who denied was struck dumb. God does not guide a wrongdoing people.

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