Verse 26:70 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
66
ثُمَّ أَغۡرَقۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ٦٦
thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīn
and drowned the rest
67
إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ٦٧
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīn
There truly is a sign in this, though most of them do not believe
68
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِیزُ ٱلرَّحِیمُ ٦٨
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīm
your Lord alone is the Almighty, the Merciful
69
وَٱتۡلُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ٦٩
wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīm
Tell them the story of Abraham
70
إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِیهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٧٠
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn
when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’
71
قَالُوا۟ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامࣰا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِینَ ٧١
qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīn
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’
72
قَالَ هَلۡ یَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ ٧٢
qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūn
He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call
73
أَوۡ یَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ یَضُرُّونَ ٧٣
aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūn
Do they help or harm you?’
74
قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا كَذَ ٰلِكَ یَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤
qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūn
They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’
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