Verse 21:54 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
50
وَهَـٰذَا ذِكۡرࣱ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ ٥٠
wahādhā dhik'run mubārakun anzalnāhu afa-antum lahu munkirūn
This [Quran] too is a blessed message We have sent down- are you [people] going to deny it
51
۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَیۡنَاۤ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِینَ ٥١
walaqad ātaynā ib'rāhīma rush'dahu min qablu wakunnā bihi ʿālimīn
Long ago We bestowed right judgement on Abraham and We knew him well
52
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِیلُ ٱلَّتِیۤ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūn
He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’
53
قَالُوا۟ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِینَ ٥٣
qālū wajadnā ābāanā lahā ʿābidīn
They replied, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them.’
54
قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَاۤؤُكُمۡ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِینࣲ ٥٤
qāla laqad kuntum antum waābāukum fī ḍalālin mubīni
He said, ‘You and your fathers have clearly gone astray.’
55
قَالُوۤا۟ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِینَ ٥٥
qālū aji'tanā bil-ḥaqi am anta mina l-lāʿibīn
They asked, ‘Have you brought us the truth or are you just playing about?’
56
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِی فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَ ٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِینَ ٥٦
qāla bal rabbukum rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi alladhī faṭarahunna wa-anā ʿalā dhālikum mina l-shāhidīn
He said, ‘Listen! Your true Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He who created them, and I am a witness to this
57
وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِیدَنَّ أَصۡنَـٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدۡبِرِینَ ٥٧
watal-lahi la-akīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mud'birīn
By God I shall certainly plot against your idols as soon as you have turned your backs!’
58
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَ ٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِیرࣰا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَیۡهِ یَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٨
fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn
He broke them all into pieces, but left the biggest one for them to return to
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