← Surah 21

21:52

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

Word by word

إِذْ
When
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذْNoun — time adverb
قَالَ
he said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
لِأَبِيهِ
to his father
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
أَبِيNoun — masc. sing.، genitive
هِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
وَقَوْمِهِۦ
and his people
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
قَوْمِNoun — masculine، genitive
هِۦNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
مَا
What
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
هَٰذِهِ
(are) these
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
هَٰPreposition — ATT، prefix
ذِهِNoun — demonstrative، fem. sing.
ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ
[the] statues
Noun
Root: مثل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
تَّمَاثِيلُNoun — masc. plur.، nominative
ٱلَّتِىٓ
which
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّتِىٓNoun — relative، fem. sing.
أَنتُمْ
you
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنتُمْNoun — pronoun، 2nd masc. plur.
لَهَا
to it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
هَاNoun — pronoun، 3rd fem. sing.
عَٰكِفُونَ
(are) devoted
Noun
Root: عكف
Grammar (i'rab)
عَٰكِفُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

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

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

İbrahim, babasına ve milletine: "Bu tapınıp durduğunuz heykeller nedir?" demişti.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

O zaman o, babasına ve kavmine: "Bu tapınıp durduğunuz heykeller nedir?" demişti.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hani o, babasına ve kavmine “Şu tapmakta olduğunuz heykeller de ne oluyor?” diye sormuştu.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

حين قال لأبيه وقومه: ما هذه الأصنام التي صنعتموها، ثم أقمتم على عبادتها ملازمين لها؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution