Verses about Blasphemy - inQuran Topics

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Hast thou not heard 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 death,’ he said, ‘I also give life and cause death.’ Abraham said, ‘Well, Allah brings the sun from the East; bring it thou from the West.’ Thereupon the infidel was dumbfounded. And Allah guides not the unjust people.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

کیا تُو نے اس شخص پر غور کیا جس نے ابراہیم سے اس کے ربّ کے بارہ میں اس بِرتے پر جھگڑا کیا کہ اللہ نے اسے بادشاہت عطا کی تھی۔ جب ابراہیم نے کہا میرا ربّ وہ ہے جو زندہ کرتا ہے اور مارتا بھی ہے۔ اس نے کہا میں (بھی) زندہ کرتا ہوں اورمارتا ہوں۔ ابراہیم نے کہا یقیناً اللہ سورج کو مشرق سے لاتا ہے تُو اسے مغرب سے لے آ، تو وہ جس نے کفر کیا تھا مبہوت ہوگیا۔ اور اللہ ظالم قوم کو ہدایت نہیں دیتا۔

French

N’as-tu pas entendu parler de celui qui se disputait avec Abraham au sujet de son Seigneur, parce qu’Allāh lui avait accordé la souveraineté ? Quand Abraham lui dit : « Mon Seigneur est Celui Qui donne la vie et cause la mort, » il lui répondit : « Moi aussi je donne la vie et je cause la mort. » Abraham lui dit : « Allāh fait venir le soleil de l’est, fais-le donc venir de l’ouest. » Sur ce, l’infidèle resta interloqué ; et Allāh ne guide pas le peuple injuste.

German

Hast du nicht von dem gehört, der mit Abraham über seinen Herrn stritt, weil Allah ihm das Königreich verliehen hatte? Als Abraham sprach: "Mein Herr ist der, Der Leben gibt und tötet", sagte er: "Ich gebe Leben und töte." Abraham sprach: "Wohlan, Allah bringt die Sonne von Osten; bringe du sie von Westen." Da war der Ungläubige bestürzt. Und Allah weist den Ungerechten nicht den Weg.

Chinese

你未曾听到那个人的消息? 因为安拉赐给了他统治权, 所以他 (傲慢地) 与伊布拉欣辩论关于他的养主 (有无问题)。当伊布拉欣说: [e]“我的养主赐予生命, 致使死亡。” 他说: “我 (也) 赐予生命, 致使死亡。” 伊布拉欣说: “(如果是这样,) 那么, 安拉使太阳从东方升起, 你使它从西方升起吧!” 因此, 那不信者便惊讶无语了。安拉不领导不义的人。

Italian

Non hai udito parlare di colui che discuteva con Abramo a proposito del suo Signore, perché Allah gli aveva concesso un regno? Quando Abramo disse: «Il mio Signore è Colui che dà la vita e causa la morte», egli rispose: «Anch'io do la vita e causo la morte.» Abramo disse: «Ebbene, Allah ci porta il sole dall'Oriente; portalo tu dall'Occidente.» Dopo di che l'infedele ammutolì. E Allah non guida il popolo ingiusto.

Spanish

¿No has oído hablar de aquel que disputó con Abraham respecto a su Señor, porque Al-lah le había dado el reino? Cuando Abraham dijo: “Mi eñor es quien da la vida y causa la muerte”, él dijo: “Yo también doy la vida y causo la muerte”. Abraham dijo: “Bien, Al-lah trae el sol desde Oriente, tráelo tú desde Occidente”. El infiel quedó confundido. Y Al-lah no guía a la gente injusta.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

کیا تجھے اس شخص کی خبر نہیں پہنچی جو اس (غرور کی) وجہ سے کہ اللہ نے اسے حکومت[1] دے رکھی تھی ابراہیم سے اس کے رب کے متعلق بحث[2] کرنے لگ گیا تھا (یہ اس وقت ہوا) جس وقت ابراہیم نے (اسے) کہا کہ میرا رب وہ ہے جو زندہ کرتا اور مارتا ہے (اس پر) اس نے کہا (کہ) میں (بھی) زندہ کرتا اور مارتا ہوں۔ ابراہیم نے کہا (کہ اگر یہ بات ہے) تو اللہ (تو) سورج کو مشرق (کی طرف) سے لاتاہے (اب) تو اسے مغرب (کی طرف) سے لے آ۔ اس پر وہ (کافر) مبہوت[3] ہو (کر رہ) گیا۔ اور (یہ ہونا ہی تھا کیونکہ) اللہ ظالم لوگوں کو (کامیابی کی) راہ نہیں دکھاتا۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

Hast thou not heard of him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him kingdom? When Abraham said, [a]‘My Lord is He Who gives life and causes death,’ he said, ‘I also give life and cause death.’ Abraham said, ‘Well, Allah brings the sun from the East; bring it thou from the West.’ Thereupon the infidel was confounded.[321] And Allah guides not the unjust people.

English - Five Volume Translation

Hast thou not heard of him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him kingdom? When Abraham said, [d]‘My Lord is He Who gives life and causes death,’ he said, ‘I also give life and cause death.’ Abraham said, ‘Well, Allah brings the sun from the East; bring it thou from the West.’ Thereupon the infidel was dumbfounded. And Allah guides not the unjust people.[265]

3:157; 9:116; 40:69; 57:3.

Commentary:

The preceding verses spoke of the great rise and success in store for Muslims—their being brought out of darkness into light. Now the Quran proceeds to illustrate the promised rise and advancement. It takes us back to the days of Abraham.

An incident in the life of the great Patriarch has been cited to illustrate the truth of the statement made in the previous verse, viz. that God is the friend of believers; He helps them against their enemies and shows them the way of success, leading them out of darkness into light.

Abraham was a native of Ur of the Chaldees. His people worshipped the stars and their chief god was the Sun. Their greatest god was Merodach (or Madruk), who was originally the god of the morning and the spring sun. He was also called Bel, i.e. Lord (Enc. Bib. and Enc. Rel. Eth. ii. 296).

Abraham was hostile to the worship of idols and false deities and vehemently preached against them. He once set fire to a house which contained wooden images. On another occasion, be broke certain idols to pieces and burned them, whereupon he was produced before the king, whose name is recorded as Nimrod (Gen. 10:8, 9 and Jew. Enc. under Abraham) and who was also worshipped by the people as a representative of their deities. The king, it appears, threatened Abraham with ruin and death, to which Abraham firmly and boldly replied that he could do him no harm, for it was His Lord God Who granted life and caused death. As the king laid claim to godhead, he wrathfully rejoined that it was he who exercised these powers. Now Abraham knew that Nimrod and his people believed that all life depended on the sun, so if it was true that it was the king who controlled life and death, it meant that even the sun was under the control of the king and that the final power of life and death attributed by Nimrod and his men to the sun was a mere farce. So he pertinently asked the king to send back the sun from the west to the east (i.e. put it aside), for in such case the sun could not be recognized as the final controlling power. The king was in a fix. He could not say that he did not possess the power to send back the sun, for that would have exposed him. At the same time he could not say that it was he who caused the sun to rise from the east and set in the west, for his people looked upon the sun as the supreme deity, superior to the king himself, and if he had claimed any power over the sun, he would have surely roused the ire of his people against him. So he was dumbfounded and knew not what reply to make.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

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

English - Sahih

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.

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

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

English - Talal Itani

Did not you see [towards] the one who argued (with) Ibrahim concerning his Lord, because gave him Allah the kingdom? When Said Ibrahim, "My Lord (is) the One Who grants life and causes death." He said, "I give life and cause death." Said Ibrahim, "[Then] indeed Allah brings up the sun from the east, so you bring it from the west." So became dumbfounded the one who disbelieved, and Allah (does) not guide the people (who are) [the] wrongdoers.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

e

3:157; 9:116; 40:69; 57:3.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

1

اَنْ اٰ تَاہُ اللّٰہُ الْمُلْکَ میں ہ کی ضمیر کو ترجمہ میں بحث کرنے والے کی طرف پھیرا گیا ہے۔ لیکن جائز ہے کہ یہ ضمیر ابراہیمؑ کی طرف پھرتی ہو۔ اس صورت میں یہ معنے ہوں گے کہ وہ ابراہیم ؑ سے اس حسد کی وجہ سے بحث کرنے لگ گیا کہ ابراہیم ؑ کو کیوں اللہ نے روحانی بادشاہت عطا فرمائی ہے۔

2

حَآجَّہٗ: خَاصَمَہٗ (اقرب) اس سے بحث کرنے لگ گیا۔ اصل معنے حُجَّۃٌ کے اس دلیل کے ہیں جس سے انسان دوسرے پر غالب آجائے۔ لیکن باب مفاعلہ میں آکر اس کے معنے خالص بحث کرنے کے بھی ہو جاتے ہیں۔

3

مفسرین کہتے ہیں کہ حضرت ابراہیم علیہ السلام نے اپنی کمزوری دیکھ کر بحث کا پہلو بدلا۔ لیکن یہ بات درست نہیں۔ اصل بات یہ ہے کہ حضرت ابراہیم علیہ السلام کی قوم ستارہ پرست تھی اور وہ سمجھتے تھے کہ تمام مخلوق کی زندگی اور موت سورج کے ساتھ تعلق رکھتی ہے۔ جب مباحثین نے ضد اختیار کی تو حضرت ابراہیم علیہ السلام نے کہا کہ تیرے اختیار والی موت اور زندگی میری دلیل میں مرادنہ تھی‘ میری مراد یہ تھی کہ دنیا میں حیات و ممات کا جو سلسلہ جاری ہے یہ خدا کے اختیار میں ہے جس کے متعلق تیرا یہ عقیدہ ہے کہ وہ سورج کے اختیار میں ہے۔ پس اگر واقعہ میں تو وہی خدا ہے جس کے ہاتھ میں موت و حیات کا

English - 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.

English - Maududi

Have you not considered the case of the person who had an argument with Abraham as to `Whom Abraham acknowledged as his Lord?' The dispute arose because Allah had given him the kingship, (which had made him arrogant). When Abraham said, "My Lord is He Who gives life and causes death," he answered, "I give life and cause death." Then Abraham said, "Well, Allah brings the sun from the east: just bring it from the west." At this the disbeliever was confounded: (yet he did not believe), for Allah does not show guidance to unjust people.

English - Ahmed Ali

Have you thought of the man who argued with Abraham about his Lord because God had given him a kingdom? When Abraham said: "My Lord is the giver of life and death," he replied: "I am the giver of life and death." And Abraham said: "God makes the sun rise from the East; so you make it rise from the West," and dumbfounded was the infidel. God does not guide those who are unjust.

English - 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.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

d

3:157; 9:116; 40:69; 57:3.

265

Commentary:

The preceding verses spoke of the great rise and success in store for Muslims—their being brought out of darkness into light. Now the Quran proceeds to illustrate the promised rise and advancement. It takes us back to the days of Abraham.

An incident in the life of the great Patriarch has been cited to illustrate the truth of the statement made in the previous verse, viz. that God is the friend of believers; He helps them against their enemies and shows them the way of success, leading them out of darkness into light.

Abraham was a native of Ur of the Chaldees. His people worshipped the stars and their chief god was the Sun. Their greatest god was Merodach (or Madruk), who was originally the god of the morning and the spring sun. He was also called Bel, i.e. Lord (Enc. Bib. and Enc. Rel. Eth. ii. 296).

Abraham was hostile to the worship of idols and false deities and vehemently preached against them. He once set fire to a house which contained wooden images. On another occasion, be broke certain idols to pieces and burned them, whereupon he was produced before the king, whose name is recorded as Nimrod (Gen. 10:8, 9 and Jew. Enc. under Abraham) and who was also worshipped by the people as a representative of their deities. The king, it appears, threatened Abraham with ruin and death, to which Abraham firmly and boldly replied that he could do him no harm, for it was His Lord God Who granted life and caused death. As the king laid claim to godhead, he wrathfully rejoined that it was he who exercised these powers. Now Abraham knew that Nimrod and his people believed that all life depended on the sun, so if it was true that it was the king who controlled life and death, it meant that even the sun was under the control of the king and that the final power of life and death attributed by Nimrod and his men to the sun was a mere farce. So he pertinently asked the king to send back the sun from the west to the east (i.e. put it aside), for in such case the sun could not be recognized as the final controlling power. The king was in a fix. He could not say that he did not possess the power to send back the sun, for that would have exposed him. At the same time he could not say that it was he who caused the sun to rise from the east and set in the west, for his people looked upon the sun as the supreme deity, superior to the king himself, and if he had claimed any power over the sun, he would have surely roused the ire of his people against him. So he was dumbfounded and knew not what reply to make.

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*Match

Cross Refs:

a

3:157; 9:116; 40:69; 57:3.

321

Abraham was a great iconoclast. His people worshipped the sun and the stars, their chief god being Merodach (Madruk), originally the god of the morning and the spring sun (Enc. Bib. & Enc. Rel. Eth.ii.p.296). They believed that all life depended on the sun. Abraham very wisely asked the infidel that if he, as he claimed, controlled life and death, then let him reverse the course of the sun on which all life depended. He was in a fix. He could not say that he could not accept Abraham’s challenge to bring the sun from the West to the East, for that would have demolished his claim of being the controller of life and death, and if he had said that he could do so, it meant that he claimed to exercise control over the sun which would have been a great blasphemy in the eyes of his people who worshipped the sun. Thus he was completely confounded and did not know what to say.

English - Pickthall

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.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

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.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

Knowest thou not of him who, because Allah had bestowed sovereignty upon him, began to dispute with Abraham concerning his Lord. When Abraham said to him: My Lord is He who bestows life and causes death; he countered with: I too grant life and inflict death. Said Abraham: Well, then, Allah causes the sun to rise in the East, do thou cause it to rise in the West. Thus the infidel was confounded. Indeed Allah guides not the unjust to success.

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