Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 52
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
Al-Anbya · 21:52
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- إِذْidhWhen
- قَالَqālahe said
- لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
- وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
- مَاmāWhat
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihi(are) these
- ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُl-tamāthīlu[the] statues
- ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- لَهَاlahāto it
- عَـٰكِفُونَʿākifūna(are) devoted
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