Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:58

21:58

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūna

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

— Saheeh International

He broke them all into pieces, but left the biggest one for them to return to.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.

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

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Word by Word

فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumSo he made them
جُذَٰذًاjudhādhan(into) pieces
إِلَّاillāexcept
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrana large (one)
لَّهُمْlahumof them
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
إِلَيْهِilayhito it
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn