Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:63

21:63

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

qāla bal faʿalahu kabīruhum hādhā fasalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūna

He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘No, it was done by the biggest of them- this one. Ask them, if they can talk.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"

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

Juz 17Page 327meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
بَلْbalNay
فَعَلَهُۥfaʿalahu(some doer) did it
كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumTheir chief
هَـٰذَاhādhā(is) this
فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْfasalūhumSo ask them
إِنinif
كَانُوا۟kānūthey (can)
يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūnaspeak