Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 260
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وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ ۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي ۖ قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا ۚ وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
Translation by words
- وَإِذْ
- And when
- قَالَ
- said
- إِبْرَٰهِۦمُ
- Ibrahim,
- رَبِّ
- "My Lord
- أَرِنِى
- show me
- كَيْفَ
- how
- تُحْىِ
- You give life
- ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ
- (to) the dead."
- قَالَ
- He said,
- أَوَلَمْ
- "Have not
- تُؤْمِن
- you believed?"
- قَالَ
- He said,
- بَلَىٰ
- "Yes
- وَلَٰكِن
- [and] but
- لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ
- to satisfy
- قَلْبِى
- my heart."
- قَالَ
- He said
- فَخُذْ
- "Then take
- أَرْبَعَةً
- four
- مِّنَ
- of
- ٱلطَّيْرِ
- the birds
- فَصُرْهُنَّ
- and incline them
- إِلَيْكَ
- towards you,
- ثُمَّ
- then
- ٱجْعَلْ
- put
- عَلَىٰ
- on
- كُلِّ
- each
- جَبَلٍ
- hill
- مِّنْهُنَّ
- of them
- جُزْءًا
- a portion;
- ثُمَّ
- then
- ٱدْعُهُنَّ
- call them,
- يَأْتِينَكَ
- they will come to you
- سَعْيًا
- (in) haste.
- وَٱعْلَمْ
- And know
- أَنَّ
- that
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- عَزِيزٌ
- (is) All-Mighty,
- حَكِيمٌ
- All-Wise.
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."
2:260
Translation: Saheeh International