قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "எங்கள் தெய்வங்களுக்கு இவ்வாறு (தீங்கு) செய்தது யார்? நிச்சயமாக அவன் அக்கிரமக்காரர்களில் ஒருவனாக இருப்பான்" என்று கூறினார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘අපගේ දෙවිවරුන්ට මෙය සිදු කළේ කවු ද? නියත වශයෙන් ම ඔහු අපරාධකරුවන් අතරින් වේ යැ’යි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کہنے لگے کہ ہمارے خداؤں کے ساتھ یہ کس نے کیا؟ ایسا شخص تو یقیناً ﻇالموں میں سے ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「誰がわたしたちの神々をこうしたのでしょうか。本当にかれは不義な者です。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：谁对我们的神灵做了这件事呢？他确是不义的人。
Tafsir of 21:59
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)
