Abraham (علیہ السلام) and Namrud (L-329)
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أَلَم
تَرَ إِلَى الَّذي حاجَّ إِبراهيمَ في رَبِّهِ أَن آتاهُ اللَّهُ المُلكَ إِذ
قالَ إِبراهيمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذي يُحيي وَيُميتُ قالَ أَنا أُحيي وَأُميتُ ۖ قالَ
إِبراهيمُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأتي بِالشَّمسِ مِنَ المَشرِقِ فَأتِ بِها مِنَ
المَغرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذي كَفَرَ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لا يَهدِي القَومَ
الظّالِمينَ258. |
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258. ‘Alam tara ‘ilal-lazii
haaajja ‘Ibraa-hiima fii Rabbi-hiii ‘an
‘aataa-hUllaahul-mulk. ‘Iz qaala ‘Ibraa-hiimu
Rabbiyal- lazii yuhyii
wa yumiitu, qaala
‘ana ‘uhyii wa
‘umiit. Qaala ‘Ibraa-hiimu fa-‘innAllaaha
ya’-tii bish-Shamsi mi-nal-Mashriqi
fa’-ti bihaa minal- Magribi fa-buhital-lazii
kafar. WAllaahu laa yahdil- qawmaz-zaalimiin. |
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258. Have you not considered him who argued with Abraham
about his Lord, because God had given him sovereignty? Abraham said, “My Lord
is He who gives life and causes death.” He said, “I give life and cause
death.” Abraham said, “God brings the sun from the East, so bring it from the
West,” so the blasphemer was confounded. God does not guide the wrongdoing
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‘Al-lazii haaajja – (that who had an argument), the person who had an argument with Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him), was king of his (Peace be upon him) time. The Commentators have told his name ‘Namrud’.
There was some talk about Believers and Infidels in the previous verse and mention about illumination of the Light (of Belief) and darkness (of the infidelity). Now some examples have been narrated in support of that verse. First instance is regarding the king Namrud. He used to get prostrated for himself from the people due to pride of his emperor. When Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him) came before him, did not fall prostrate before the king. The king Namrud asked the reason, He (Peace be upon him) answered, “I don’t prostrate any other but my Lord”. The king said, “I am the lord”. Prophet Abraham replied, “Lord is He Who gives life and causes death”. Answering this argument of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him), the king Namrud asked for two prisoners. He caused to slay one of them who was innocent and released the other who was guilty. He said, “Have you seen? I kill to whom I wish and release from death to whom I love”.
Although the king Namrud could not reply his challenge correctly, Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him) thought that the king had not understood its reason, so he (Peace be upon him) produced the proof of the sun and said, “My Lord causes the sun to rise in the East, so do you cause it to come up from the West”. Now he haughty and blockhead (king) was silenced and he could do nothing. But notwithstanding the king didn’t believe. Truly, the unjust people are not guided.
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