← Surah 21

21:58

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Word by word

فَجَعَلَهُمْ
So he made them
Verb
Root: جعل
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
جَعَلَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
جُذَٰذًا
(into) pieces
Noun
Root: جذذ
Grammar (i'rab)
جُذَٰذًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
إِلَّا
except
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَّاPreposition — restriction
كَبِيرًا
a large (one)
Noun
Root: كبر
Grammar (i'rab)
كَبِيرًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative
لَّهُمْ
of them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّPreposition — preposition، prefix
هُمْNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
لَعَلَّهُمْ
so that they may
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَعَلَّPreposition — accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِلَيْهِ
to it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَيْPreposition — preposition
هِNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
يَرْجِعُونَ
return
Verb
Root: رجع
Grammar (i'rab)
يَرْجِعُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

He broke them all into pieces, but left the biggest one for them to return to.

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

Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Hepsini paramparça edip, içlerinden büyüğünü ona başvursunlar diye, sağlam bıraktı.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Derken o, bunları parça parça etti. Yalnız kendisine başvursunlar diye onların büyüğünü sağlam bıraktı.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(İbrahim), sonunda belki ona dönerler (sorarlar) diye büyükleri hariç onları (putları) paramparça etmişti.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

فحطم إبراهيم الأصنام وجعلها قطعًا صغيرة، وترك كبيرها؛ كي يرجع القوم إليه ويسألوه، فيتبين عجزهم وضلالهم، وتقوم الحجة عليهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution