Verse 37:94 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
90 فَتَوَلَّوۡا۟ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِینَ ۝٩٠ fatawallaw ʿanhu mud'birīn so [his people] turned away from him and left 91 فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰۤ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٩١ farāgha ilā ālihatihim faqāla alā takulūn He turned to their gods and said 92 مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ ۝٩٢ mā lakum lā tanṭiqūn ‘Do you not eat? Why do you not speak?’ 93 فَرَاغَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡیَمِینِ ۝٩٣ farāgha ʿalayhim ḍarban bil-yamīn then he turned and struck them with his right arm
94 فَأَقۡبَلُوۤا۟ إِلَیۡهِ یَزِفُّونَ ۝٩٤ fa-aqbalū ilayhi yaziffūn His people hurried towards him
95 قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ ۝٩٥ qāla ataʿbudūna mā tanḥitūn but he said, ‘How can you worship things you carve with your own hands 96 وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝٩٦ wal-lahu khalaqakum wamā taʿmalūn when it is God who has created you and all your handiwork?’ 97 قَالُوا۟ ٱبۡنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنۡیَـٰنࣰا فَأَلۡقُوهُ فِی ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ۝٩٧ qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīm They said, ‘Build a pyre and throw him into the blazing fire.’ 98 فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَیۡدࣰا فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَسۡفَلِینَ ۝٩٨ fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīn They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them

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