Surah Al-Anbiya 21:58 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 58 / 112 · Page 327
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
Word by Word
فَجَعَلَهُمْ
faja'alahum
So he made them
جُذَاذًا
judhadhan
(into) pieces
إِلَّا
illa
except
كَبِيرًا
kabiran
a large (one)
لَّهُمْ
lahum
of them
لَعَلَّهُمْ
la'allahum
so that they may
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to it
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarji'una
return
Transliteration
Faja'alahum juzaazan illaa kabeeral lahum la'allahum ilaihi yarji'oon
Translation
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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