The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:52

The Prophets · Verse 52 of 112

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Recall the time) when he said to his sire and his people, `What (good) are these images to which you sit down to worship with so much devotion?´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

When he said to his father and his people: "What are these idols to which you cling so passionately?"

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Ali Unal

He said to his father and people: "What are these images to which you pay such sincere devotion?"

Daryabadi

Recall what time he said unto his father and his people what are these images to which ye are cleaving?

Faridul Haque

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these idols before whom you squat (worshipping)?"

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When he said to his sire and his people: What are these images to whose worship you cleave?

Maulvi Sher Ali

When he said to his father and his people, `What are these images to which you are so devoted?'

Muhammad Asad

when he said unto his father and his people, "What are these images to which you are so intensely devoted?"

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Abraham asked his father and his people, "What are these statues which you worship?".

Muhammed ali Shakir

When he said to his father and his people: What are these images to whose worship you cleave?

Rashad Khalifa

He said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoting yourselves?"

Shabbir Ahmed

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these images and statues that you sit around worshiping?"