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That (tilka is the subject [of the sentence] and is substituted by [the following hujjatunā]) argument of Ours,³ with which Abraham inferred Allah’s Oneness, as in the case of the setting stars and what came afterwards; (the predicate is [what follows]) We bestowed upon Abraham, We guided him to it, as an argument, against his people. We raise up in degrees whom We will (read this as [a genitive] annexation, darajāti man nashā', or as [accusative] nunation, darajātin man nashā'), [degrees] in knowledge and wisdom; surely your Rabb is Wise, in His actions, Knowing, of His creation.