Surah Al-Anbiya 21:57 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 57 / 112 · Page 326

وَتَاللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِرِينَ

Word by Word

وَتَاللَّهِ
watal-lahi
And by Allah
لَأَكِيدَنَّ
la-akidanna
surely I will plan
أَصْنَامَكُم
asnamakum
(against) your idols
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
أَن
an
[that]
تُوَلُّوا
tuwallu
you go away
مُدْبِرِينَ
mud'birina
turning (your) backs

Transliteration

Wa tallaahi la akeedanna asnaamakum ba'da an tuwalloo mudbireen

Translation

And [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And in a manner inaudible to his people, Abraham said, “By Allah! Once you have left your idols to go to your festival, I shall hatch a plot concerning them that you shall hate.”

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

100% Free App

Join 50,000+ Muslims

Download for free and never miss a prayer again