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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-mizan an Exegesis of the Qur'an (volume Four) Volume 4: Surah Baqarah, Verses 258-260 Did you not see him 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 cause to die", he said: "I give life and cause death." Ibrahim said: "So surely Allah brings the sun from the east, then bring it (you) from the west." Thus he who disbelieved was confounded; and Allah does not guide aright the unjust people (258).

Or like him who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: "How will Allah give it life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him to life. He said: "How long have you tarried?" He said: "I have tarried a day, or a part of a day. " Said He: "Nay!

You have tarried a hundred years; then look at your food and drink - years have not passed over it; and look at your donkey; and that We may make you a sign to men; and look at the bones, how We assemble them together, then clothe them with flesh." So when it became clear to him, he said: "I know that Allah has power over all things" (259). And (remember) when Ibrahim said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead. "He said: "What!

and do you not believe?" He said: "Certainly, but that my heart may be at ease. "He said: "Then take four of the birds, then cut them (into pieces), then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them, they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise" (260). **COMMENTARY ** The three verses describe the Oneness of the Creator and His Omnipotence. They have, therefore, some connection with the preceding verses; and possibly these were revealed together with them.

QUR’AN: Did you not see him who disputed with Ibrahim about his Lord: “al-Muhajjah” is to bring a proof against the opposite party’s, to prove one’s own claim or to refute the other party's argument. The basic meaning of al-hujjah is intention; now it is generally used for "proof" by which one intends to prove one's claim. The phrase "about his Lord" is connected with the verb "disputed".

The pronoun in "His Lord" refers to Ibrahim, as may be inferred from the next sentence, "Ibrahim said: `My Lord is He Who gives life and causes to die.' " The man who disputed with Ibrahim was the king of his time; and according to history and traditions, he was the Babylonian king, Namrud (Nimrod).