Quran 26:70 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?'
- Muhammad Asad
- [how it was] when he asked his father and his people, “What is it that you worship?”
- Sahih International
- When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
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 | تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna | (do) you worship | عبد |