Quran 21:59 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Who has done this to our gods? How wicked he must be!’
قَالُوا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
qālū man faʿala hādhā biālihatinā innahu lamina l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Who has. done this with our gods? Surely he is one of the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [When they saw what had happened,] they said: “Who has done this to our gods? Verily, one of the worst wrongdoers is he!”
- Sahih International
- They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | مَنman | Who | — |
| 3 | فَعَلَfaʿala | (has) done | فعل |
| 4 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 5 | بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآbiālihatinā | to our gods | أله |
| 6 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 7 | لَمِنَlamina | (is) of | — |
| 8 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |