The Noble Quran / Chapters / 21. Anbiya
Anbiya (Prophets)
21:51

 ۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ

вəлəќōд əəтəйнəə ибрōōhиимə рушдəhу миŋŋ-ќōблю вəкуннəə биhи 'əəлимиин

Certainly We had given Abraham his probity before, and We knew him

21:52

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

из̃ ќōōлə ли`əбииhи вəќōумиhи мəə həəз̃иhит-тəмəəc̃иилюль-лəтии əŋŋтум лəhəə 'əəкифуун

when he said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you keep on clinging?’

21:53

قَالُواْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ

ќōōлюю вəджəднəə əəбəə`əнəə лəhəə 'əəбидиин

They said, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them.’

21:54

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

ќōōлə лəќōд куŋŋтум əŋŋтум вə`əəбəə`укум фии дōлəəлимм-мубиин

He said, ‘Certainly you and your fathers have been in manifest error.’

21:55

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

ќōōлюю əджи`тəнəə би-ль-həќќи əм əŋŋтə минəль-лəə'ибиин

They said, ‘Are you telling the truth, or are you [just] kidding?’

21:56

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

ќōōлə бəр-рōббукум рōббус-сəмəəвəəти вəəль`əрдыль-лəз̃ии фəтōрōhуннə вə`əнəə 'əлəə з̃əəликум-минəш-шəəhидиин

He said, ‘Indeed, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who originated them, and I affirm that.

21:57

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدْبِرِينَ

вəтəл-лаhи лə`əкиидəннə əснəəмəкумм-бə'дə əŋŋ-тувəллюю мудбириин

By Allah, I will devise a stratagem against your idols after you have gone away.’

21:58

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

фəджə'əлəhум джуз̃əəз̃əн ильлəə кəбиирōль-лəhум лə'əльлəhум илəйhи йəрджи'уун

So he broke them into pieces—all except the biggest of them—so that they might come back to it.

21:59

قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

ќōōлюю мəŋŋ-фə'əлə həəз̃əə би`əəлиhəтинəə иннəhу лəминəз̃-з̃ōōлимиин

They said, ‘Whoever has done this to Our gods?! He is indeed a wrongdoer!’

21:60

قَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا فَتًى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ

ќōōлюю сəми'нəə фəтəй-йəз̃куруhум йуќōōлю лəhу ибрōōhиим

They said, ‘We heard a young man mentioning them. He is called ‘‘Abraham.’’ ’