إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِذۡWhenidh
- قَالَhe saidqāla
- لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi
- وَقَوۡمِهِۦand his peoplewaqawmihi
- مَاWhatmā
- هَٰذِهِ(are) thesehādhihi
- ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ[the] statuesl-tamāthīlu
- ٱلَّتِيٓwhichallatī
- أَنتُمۡyouantum
- لَهَاto itlahā
- عَٰكِفُونَ(are) devotedʿākifūna
Tafsir
When he said to his father Azar and his people, “What are these idols that you have made with your own hands, and which you constantly worship?”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran