The Quran

سورة الاٴنبیَاء

Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:58

The Prophets · Verse 58 of 112

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

So he smashed them all into pieces, except their chief (idol), that they might return to it (for inquiry as he planned).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.

Ahmed Ali

So he smashed them up to pieces with the exception of the biggest, so that they may turn to it.

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Ali Unal

And then he broke all of them to pieces except the one biggest in their sight, so that they might be able turn back to it (to ask what had happened)!

Daryabadi

Then he made them fragments, all except the big one of them, that haply unto it they may return.

Faridul Haque

He shattered them all, except the biggest among them, that perhaps they may question it.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they might return to it.

Maulvi Sher Ali

So he broke them into pieces, all except the chief of them, that they might return to it.

Muhammad Musin Khan

So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.

Muhammad Pickthall

Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.

Muhammad Sarwar

He broke all the idols into pieces, except the biggest among them so that perhaps people would refer to it.

Muhammed ali Shakir

So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it.

Rashad Khalifa

He broke them into pieces, except for a big one, that they may refer to it.

Shabbir Ahmed

Then he broke them to pieces except the big one, so that they might turn to it.