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Al-Anbya 61

Ayah 61 of 112 · Meccan

قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ ٦١

They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 To what they had heard him say. It may also mean "...that they may witness [what will be done to him as punishment]."

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  2. فَأۡتُواْThen bringfatū
  3. بِهِۦhimbihi
  4. عَلَىٰٓbeforeʿalā
  5. أَعۡيُنِ(the) eyesaʿyuni
  6. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  7. لَعَلَّهُمۡso that they maylaʿallahum
  8. يَشۡهَدُونَbear witnessyashhadūna

Tafsir

Their chiefs said, “Bring Abraham in front of the people so that they may testify to his confession to what he did, and their confession will be your evidence against him.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran