ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- பிறகு அவர்கள் (அவமானத்துடன்) தங்கள் தலைகளைத் தொங்கப் போட்டுக் கொள்ளுமாறு செய்யப்பட்டார்கள்; "இவை பேச மாட்டா என்பதைத் தான் நீர் நிச்சயமாக அறிவீரே!" (என்று கூறினர்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුන් (අපහාසයට පත් වූ බැවින්) ඔවුන්ගේ හිස් පහතට හෙළනු ලැබීමෙන් පසුව "සැබැවින් ම මේවා කතා නො කරන බව නුඹ දන්නෙහිය" (යැයි පැවසුවෝය).
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پھر اپنے سروں کے بل اوندھے ہوگئے (اور کہنے لگے کہ) یہ تو تجھے بھی معلوم ہے کہ یہ بولنے چالنے والے نہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 間をおいて，かれらはまた翻意し（て言っ）た。「あなたはこれら（神々）の，口が利けないのをよく知っていました。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 然后，他们倒行逆施，（他们说）：你确已知道这些是不会说话的。
Tafsir of 21:65
The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preaching Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people فَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ (turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said: إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ الظَّلِمُونَ (Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them. ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ (Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ (Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said, لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ ("Indeed you know well that these speak not!") `So how can you tell us to ask them, if they cannot speak and you know that they cannot speak' At this point, when they admitted that, Ibrahim said to them: أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ (Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor harm you) meaning, if they can- not speak and they can neither benefit you nor harm you, then why do you worship …
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
