Did the news come to you of the person who debated with Abraham regarding his Lord, though God had given him a kingship? Abraham said, "My Lord is the One who gives life and death," he said, "I bring life and death." Abraham said, "God brings the sun from the east, so you bring it from the west!" The one who did not appreciate was confounded! God does not guide the wicked people.
Translation endnotes
[2:258] Abraham's method in this argument is interesting. He moves to another argument without being bogged down with the deceptive language used by the King in his answer to his first argument. See 13:15.