Surah Al-Anbiya 21:54 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 54 / 112 · Page 326

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ

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قَالَ
qala
He said
لَقَدْ
laqad
Verily
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
أَنتُمْ
antum
[you]
وَآبَاؤُكُمْ
waabaukum
and your forefathers
فِي
fi
(were) in
ضَلَالٍ
dalalin
an error
مُّبِينٍ
mubinin
manifest

Transliteration

Qaala laqad kuntum antum wa aabaaa'ukum fee dalaalim mubeen

Translation

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Abraham said to them, “You and your forefathers are in clear deviance from the path of truth!”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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