قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٣
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- بَلۡNaybal
- فَعَلَهُۥ(some doer) did itfaʿalahu
- كَبِيرُهُمۡTheir chiefkabīruhum
- هَٰذَا(is) thishādhā
- فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡSo ask themfasalūhum
- إِنifin
- كَانُواْthey (can)kānū
- يَنطِقُونَspeakyanṭiqūna
Tafsir
Sarcastically, exposing the helplessness of the idols to the people, Abraham said, “I did not do it; rather, the biggest idol did it. Ask your idols, if indeed they are capable of speaking!”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran