قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர்கள், "எங்கள் மூதாதையவர்கள் இவற்றை வணங்கிக் கொண்டிருந்ததை நாங்கள் கண்டோம் என்று கூறினார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අපගේ මුතුන්මිත්තන් ඒවාට නැමදුම් කරන්නන් ලෙසින් සිටිනු අපි දුටුවෙමු යැ’යි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- سب نے جواب دیا کہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو انہی کی عبادت کرتے ہوئے پایا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「わたしたちは，祖先がそれらを崇拝するのを見ました。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：我们发现我们的祖先是崇拜他们的。
Tafsir of 21:53
The Story of Ibrahim and his People Allah tells us about His close Friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and how He bestowed upon him guidance aforetime, i.e., from an early age He inspired him with truth and evidence against his people, as Allah says elsewhere: وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ (And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) 6:83. The point here is that Allah is telling us that He gave guidance to Ibrahim aforetime, i.e., He had already guided him at an early age. وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَلِمِينَ (and We were Well-Acquainted with him.) means, and he was worthy of that. Then Allah says: إِذْ قَالَ لاًّبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَذِهِ التَّمَثِيلُ الَّتِى أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَكِفُونَ (When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted") This is the guidance which he had been given during his youth: his denunciation of his people's worship of idols instead of Allah. Ibrahim said: مَا هَذِهِ التَّمَثِيلُ الَّتِى أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَكِفُونَ ("What are these images, to which you are devoted") meaning, which you worship with such devotion.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
