| قَالُوا أَأَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هَٰذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ |
| Asad | : | [And when he came,] they asked: "Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?" |
| Malik | : | When Ibrahim came, they asked, "O Ibrahim, are you the one who has done this to our gods?" |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | They asked, “Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?” |
| Pickthall | : | They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | They said "Art thou the one that did this with our gods O Abraham?" 2720 |
| Transliteration | : | Qaloo aanta faAAalta hatha bialihatina ya ibraheemu |
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They asked him the formal question. There was no mystery about it. He had already openly threatened to do something to the idols, and people who had heard his threats were there. He now continues his ironic taunt to the idol-worshippers. 'You ask me! Why don't you ask the idols? Doesn't it look as if this big fellow has smashed the smaller ones in a quarrel?' If they do not ask the idols, they confess that the idols have not intelligence enough to answer! This argument is developed in verses 64-67. Note that while the false worshippers laughed at his earnestness, he pays them out by a grim practical joke, which at the same time advances the cause of Truth. |
