فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவ்வாறே அவர், அவற்றில் பெரியதைத் தவிர (மற்ற) எல்லாவற்றையும் துண்டு துண்டாக்கினார்; அவர்கள் அதன்பால் திரும்புவதற்காக (அதை விட்டு விட்டார்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- පසුව ඔවුන් ඒ වෙත නැවත හැරී එනු පිණිස විශාල ප්රතිමාව හැර (සෙසු) ඒවා ඔහු කැබලිවලට පත් කළේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پس اس نے ان سب کے ٹکڑے ٹکڑے کر دیئے ہاں صرف بڑے بت کو چھوڑ دیا یہ بھی اس لئے کہ وه سب اس کی طرف ہی لوٹیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- こうしてかれは，必ずかれらがそこに返って来るであろうと（思って），唯一体の巨像を除きそれらを叩き壊した。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他把偶像打碎了，只留下一个最大的，以便他们转回来问他。
Tafsir of 21:58
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)
