Quran 37:85 — As-Saaffaat, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping?
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when he said to his father and his folk, 'What do you serve?
- Muhammad Asad
- and [thus] spoke to his father and his people: “What is it that you worship?
- Sahih International
- [And] 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 | مَاذَاmādhā | What is it | — |
| 6 | تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna | you worship | عبد |