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Meccan · Surah 21 of 114

Al-Anbiyaa 21:52

The Prophets · ayah 52 of 112

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mahathihi attamatheelu allatee antum lahaAAakifoon

"When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?""

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Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion?"

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?""

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