وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "இன்னும்; நீங்கள் திரும்பிச் சென்ற பின்னர், அல்லாஹ்வின் மீது சத்தியமாக உங்கள் சிலைகளுக்கு ஒரு சதி செய்வேன்!" (என்றும் கூறினார்.)
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අල්ලාහ් මත දිවුරමින්. නුඹලා හැරී ගිය පසු නුඹලාගේ පිළිමවලට මම (උපාය මාර්ගික) සැලැස්මක් යොදමි.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور اللہ کی قسم! میں تمہارے ان معبودوں کے ساتھ جب تم علیحده پیٹھ پھیر کر چل دو گے ایک چال چلوں گا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- アッラーに誓って，わたしはあなたがたが背を向けて去った後に，あなたがたの偶像に一つの策をめぐらそう。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- --指真主发誓，你们转身离开之后，我必设法毁掉你们的偶像。
Tafsir of 21:57
How Ibrahim broke the Idols Then Ibrahim swore an oath, which some of his people heard, to plot against their idols, i.e., to break them and destroy them after they had gone away and turned their backs, when they went out to their festival. They had a festival which they would go out to celebrate. Abu Ishaq reported from Abu Al-Ahwas from `Abdullah Ibn Mas`ud, "When the people of Ibrahim went out to celebrate their festival, they passed by him and said, `O Ibrahim, are you not coming out with us' He said, `I am sick.' " It was only the day before that he had said, وَتَاللَّهِ لأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَمَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدْبِرِينَ (And by Allah, I shall plot a plan for your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs.) and some of the people had heard him. فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذاً (So he broke them to pieces,) means, he smashed them all, except for the biggest idol. This is like the Ayah, فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْباً بِالْيَمِينِ (Then he turned upon them, striking (them) with (his) right hand) 37:93. لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ (that they might turn to it.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
