Quran 21:52 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَـٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when he said to his father and his people, 'What are these statues unto which you are cleaving?'
- Muhammad Asad
- when he said unto his father and his people, “What are these images to which you are so intensely devoted?”
- Sahih International
- When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 3 | لِأَبِيهِli-abīhi | to his father | أبو |
| 4 | وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihi | and his people | قوم |
| 5 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 6 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | (are) these | — |
| 7 | ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُl-tamāthīlu | [the] statues | مثل |
| 8 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 9 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 10 | لَهَاlahā | to it | — |
| 11 | عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna | (are) devoted | عكف |