Surah As-Saffat 37:85 — translation and meaning

الصافات · Verse 85 / 182 · Page 449

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Word by Word

إِذْ
idh
When
قَالَ
qala
he said
لِأَبِيهِ
li-abihi
to his father
وَقَوْمِهِ
waqawmihi
and his people
مَاذَا
madha
What is it
تَعْبُدُونَ
ta'buduna
you worship

Transliteration

Iz qaala li abeehi wa qawmihee maazaa ta'budoon

Translation

[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When he said to his father and his idolatrous nation, rebuking them, “What do you worship instead of Allah?”

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

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