| ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰؤُلَاءِ يَنْطِقُونَ |
| Asad | : | But then they relapsed into their former way of thinking63 and said: "Thou knowest very well that these [idols] cannot speak!" |
| Malik | : | Confounded as they were, lowering their heads they said, "You know fully well that they cannot speak." |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | Then they ˹quickly˺ regressed to their ˹original˺ mind-set, ˹arguing,˺ “You already know that those ˹idols˺ cannot talk.” |
| Pickthall | : | And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Then were they confounded with shame: (they said) "Thou knowest full well that these (idols) do not speak!" 2722 |
| Transliteration | : | Thumma nukisoo AAala ruoosihim laqad AAalimta ma haolai yantiqoona |
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Literally, "they were turned down on their heads" which may suggest a metaphorical somersault, i.e., they recovered from their dawning shame for idolatry and were prepared to argue it out with the youth Abraham. But I think there is better authority for the interpretation I have adopted. |
