Surah Al-Anbiya 21:59 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 59 / 112 · Page 327
قَالُوا مَن فَعَلَ هَذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Word by Word
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
مَن
man
Who
فَعَلَ
fa'ala
(has) done
هَذَا
hadha
this
بِآلِهَتِنَا
bialihatina
to our gods
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed he
لَمِنَ
lamina
(is) of
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers
Transliteration
Qaaloo man fa'ala haazaa bi aalihatinaaa innahoo laminaz zaalimeen
Translation
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So when they returned and found their idols having been smashed into pieces, they asked one another, “Who smashed our idols? Indeed, the one who has smashed them is from the oppressors, due to him having degraded that which deserves reverence and sanctification.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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