Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:52

21:52

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūna

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

— Saheeh International

He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālahe said
لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
مَاmāWhat
هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(are) these
ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُl-tamāthīlu[the] statues
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أَنتُمْantumyou
لَهَاlahāto it
عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna(are) devoted