Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:65

21:65

ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

thumma nukisū ʿalā ruūsihim laqad ʿalim'ta mā hāulāi yanṭiqūna

Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

— Saheeh International

but then they lapsed again and said, ‘You know very well these gods cannot speak.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you [Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] know well that these (idols) speak not!"

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

Juz 17Page 327meccan

Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen
نُكِسُوا۟nukisūthey were turned
عَلَىٰʿalāon
رُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimtheir heads
لَقَدْlaqadVerily
عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
مَاmānot
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna(can) speak