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ʾa-lam tara ʾilā lladhī ḥājja ʾibrāhīma fī rabbihī ʾan ʾātāhu llāhu l-mulka ʾidh qāla ʾibrāhīmu rabbiya lladhī yuḥyī wa-yumītu qāla ʾana ʾuḥyī wa-ʾumītu qāla ʾibrāhīmu fa-ʾinna llāha yaʾtī bi-sh-shamsi mina l-mashriqi fa-ʾti bihā mina l-maghribi fa-buhita lladhī kafara wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma ẓ-ẓālimīna
Have you not regarded him who argued with Abraham about his Lord, [only] because Allah had given him kingdom? When Abraham said, ‘My Lord is He who gives life and brings death,’ he replied, ‘I [too] give life and bring death.’ Abraham said, ‘Indeed Allah brings the sun from the east; now you bring it from the west.’ Thereat the faithless one was dumbfounded. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 258
How the dead are again raised by Allah
Abraham's argument against Nimrod -Illustration of how the dead are again raised by Allah -Abraham directed to an experiment to see how Allah raises the dead.
258. "Have you not seen him who disputed with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingship? When Abraham said: 'My Lord is He Who gives life, and causes to die.' He said: 'I (too) give life and cause to die.' Abraham said: 'Verily, Allah brings the sun from the East; so you bring it from the West', whereupon the one who disbelieved was confounded. And Allah does not guide the unjust people."
It is said in history and the Islamic narrations that it happened that Nimrod (Namrood), the king of Babylon, disputed with Abraham (as) about the Lord.
Abraham (as) said that his Lord is He Who gives life and causes to die.
In response, Nimrod said that he, too, gave life and caused to die. Then, he ordered to fetch two prisoners and let one of them go and commanded his men to kill the other,
When Abraham (as) saw the wrong concept of Nimrod from giving life and causing death and how he tried to prevail over others and impose his false whims, he (as) immediately told him that Allah raises the sun from the East, so if he claimed that he governed the world of existence and everything was under his order and power, as he claimed, he would bring the sun up from the West.
At that time Nimrod astonished and could say nothing save keeping silent.