Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 52

The Prophets · 21:52 · 52/112

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mahathihi attamatheelu allatee antum lahaAAakifoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’

Marmaduke Pickthall

When he said unto his father and his folk: What are these images unto which ye pay devotion?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"

Mufti Taqi Usmani

when he said to his father and his people, “What are these statues you are devoted to?”

Al-Hilali & Khan

When he said to his father and his people: "What are these images, to which you are devoted?"

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Recall, when he said to his father and his people: "What are these images to which you are devoutly clinging?"

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

when he said unto his father and his people, “What are these images to which you are so intensely devoted?”

Rowwad · source edition

When he said to his father and his people, “What are these statues to which you are so devoted?”