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As-Saffat 85

Ayah 85 of 182 · Meccan

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعۡبُدُونَ ٨٥

[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. قَالَhe saidqāla
  3. لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi
  4. وَقَوۡمِهِۦand his peoplewaqawmihi
  5. مَاذَاWhat is itmādhā
  6. تَعۡبُدُونَyou worshiptaʿbudūna

Tafsir

When he said to his father and his idolatrous nation, rebuking them, “What do you worship instead of Allah?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran