سورة الاٴنبیَاء
Surah Al-Anbiyâ’ 21:63
The Prophets · Verse 63 of 112
قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَاسْأَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كَانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Abraham) said, `Well, of course, someone has done it. Here is their chief (idol which witnessed all this). So better ask (him and) them, if they can speak.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!
Ahmed Ali
"No," he said. "It was done by that chief of theirs. Ask him in case they can speak."
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Ali Unal
He answered: "Rather, (some doer) must have done it – this is the biggest of them. Ask them, if they are able to speak!"
Daryabadi
He said: rather he hath wrought it: this big one of them: so question them, if they ever speak.
Faridul Haque
Said he, "Rather, their chief may have done it; so question them, if they can speak."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: Surely (someone) has done it. The chief of them is this; so ask them, if they can speak.
Maulvi Sher Ali
He replied, `Well, someone has surely done this. Here is the chief of them. So ask them if they can speak.'
Muhammad Musin Khan
[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.
Muhammad Sarwar
He replied, "I think the biggest among them has broken the smaller ones. Ask them if they are able to speak".
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak.
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "It is that big one who did it. Go ask them, if they can speak."
Shabbir Ahmed
(Abraham grabbed the opportunity of driving the point home), "Whoever did it, did it. This is their chief. Ask them (all) if they speak."