Surah 21 · verse 52
Al-Anbya 21:52
Sign in to listenإِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَـٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ
idh qala li-abihi wa-qawmihi ma hadhihi at-tamasilu allati antum laha 'akifun
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ السَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ
Who fear their Lord unseen, while they are of the Hour apprehensive.
Verse 50وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُ مُنكِرُونَ
And this [Qur'an] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?
Verse 51وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَالِمِينَ
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَـٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِدِينَ
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
Verse 54قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
Verse 55قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ اللَّاعِبِينَ
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"