قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٩
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- مَنWhoman
- فَعَلَ(has) donefaʿala
- هَٰذَاthishādhā
- بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآto our godsbiālihatinā
- إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
- لَمِنَ(is) oflamina
- ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna
Tafsir
So when they returned and found their idols having been smashed into pieces, they asked one another, “Who smashed our idols? Indeed, the one who has smashed them is from the oppressors, due to him having degraded that which deserves reverence and sanctification.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran