قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அதற்கு அவர் "அப்படியல்ல! இவற்றில் பெரிய சிலை இதோ இருக்கிறதே, இது தான் செய்திருக்கும்; எனவே, இவை பேசக்கூடியவையாக இருப்பின், இவற்றையே நீங்கள் கேளுங்கள்" என்று கூறினார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- නැත. මෙය සිදු කළේ ඔවුන්ගෙන් මේ ලොකු ප්රතිමාවයි. එහෙයින් ඒවා කතා කරන්නන් ලෙස සිටියේ නම් නුඹලා ඔවුන්ගෙන් විමසනු යැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- آپ نے جواب دیا بلکہ اس کام کو ان کے بڑے نے کیا ہے تم اپنے خداؤں سے ہی پوچھ لو اگر یہ بولتے چالتے ہوں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは（答えて），「いや，いや，それらの中のこの大きい（偶像）がそれをしたのです。かれらが口が利けるものなら聞いてみなさい。」と言った。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：不然，是这个最大的偶像做了这件事。如果他们会说话，你们就问问他们吧。
Tafsir of 21:63
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)
