Ayat No. 258

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِیْ حَآجَّ اِبْرٰهٖمَ فِیْ رَبِّهٖۤ اَنْ اٰتٰىهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَۘ-اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهٖمُ رَبِّیَ الَّذِیْ یُحْیٖ وَ یُمِیْتُۙ-قَالَ اَنَا اُحْیٖ وَ اُمِیْتُؕ-قَالَ اِبْرٰهٖمُ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ یَاْتِیْ بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَاْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذِیْ كَفَرَؕ-وَ اللّٰهُ لَا یَهْدِی الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِیْنَۚ(۲۵۸)

Translation

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.

Ayat No. 259

اَوْ كَالَّذِیْ مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْیَةٍ وَّ هِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوْشِهَاۚ-قَالَ اَنّٰى یُحْیٖ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ-فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهٗؕ-قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَؕ-قَالَ لَبِثْتُ یَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْمٍؕ-قَالَ بَلْ لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَ شَرَابِكَ لَمْ یَتَسَنَّهْۚ-وَ انْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَ لِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰیَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَ انْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَیْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوْهَا لَحْمًاؕ-فَلَمَّا تَبَیَّنَ لَهٗۙ-قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِیْرٌ(۲۵۹)

Translation

Or [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."

Ayat No. 260

وَ اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهٖمُ رَبِّ اَرِنِیْ كَیْفَ تُحْیِ الْمَوْتٰىؕ-قَالَ اَوَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْؕ-قَالَ بَلٰى وَ لٰكِنْ لِّیَطْمَىٕنَّ قَلْبِیْؕ-قَالَ فَخُذْ اَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ الطَّیْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ اِلَیْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلٰى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ یَاْتِیْنَكَ سَعْیًاؕ-وَ اعْلَمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِیْزٌ حَكِیْمٌ۠(۲۶۰)

Translation

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [ Allah ] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [ Allah ] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself. Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise."