قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "அப்படியானால் அவரை மக்கள் கண் முன்னே கொண்டு வாருங்கள்; அவர்கள் சாட்சியம் கூறும் பொருட்டு" என்று சொன்னார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘එසේ නම් ජනයාගේ දෑස් ඉදිරිපිටට ඔවුන් දැකිය හැකි වනු පිණිස නුඹලා ඔහු ගෙන එනු යැ’යි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- سب نے کہا اچھا اسے مجمع میں لوگوں کی نگاہوں کے سامنے ﻻؤ تاکہ سب دیکھیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「それなら，その者を人びとの目の前に引き出せ。必ず皆が証言するでしょう。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：你们把他拿到众人面前，以便他们作证。
Tafsir of 21:61
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)
