فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرٗا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٨
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَجَعَلَهُمۡSo he made themfajaʿalahum
- جُذَٰذًا(into) piecesjudhādhan
- إِلَّاexceptillā
- كَبِيرٗاa large (one)kabīran
- لَّهُمۡof themlahum
- لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
- إِلَيۡهِto itilayhi
- يَرۡجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna
Tafsir
So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran