وَتَاللَّهِ لَأَكيدَنَّ أَصنامَكُم بَعدَ أَن تُوَلّوا مُدبِرينَ

And by God, I will plan against your idols after you have gone away.”

فَجَعَلَهُم جُذاذًا إِلّا كَبيرًا لَهُم لَعَلَّهُم إِلَيهِ يَرجِعونَ

So he reduced them to fragments, except their largest, so they might return to it.

قالوا مَن فَعَلَ هـٰذا بِآلِهَتِنا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظّالِمينَ

They exclaimed, “Who did this to our gods? He must be a villain.”

قالوا سَمِعنا فَتًى يَذكُرُهُم يُقالُ لَهُ إِبراهيمُ

They said, “We heard a young man mention them; his name is Abraham.”

قالوا فَأتوا بِهِ عَلىٰ أَعيُنِ النّاسِ لَعَلَّهُم يَشهَدونَ

They demanded, “Bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify.”

قالَ بَل فَعَلَهُ كَبيرُهُم هـٰذا فَاسأَلوهُم إِن كانوا يَنطِقونَ

He responded, “No, this, their biggest one did it. Ask them, if they can speak.”

فَرَجَعوا إِلىٰ أَنفُسِهِم فَقالوا إِنَّكُم أَنتُمُ الظّالِمونَ

So they turned to themselves and said, “You yourselves are the wrongdoers.”

ثُمَّ نُكِسوا عَلىٰ رُءوسِهِم لَقَد عَلِمتَ ما هـٰؤُلاءِ يَنطِقونَ

But then they were reverted to their former notion: “You know well that these can’t speak.”

قالَ أَفَتَعبُدونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ما لا يَنفَعُكُم شَيئًا وَلا يَضُرُّكُم

He countered, “Do you then worship, instead of God, things that can neither benefit you at all nor harm you?

أُفٍّ لَكُم وَلِما تَعبُدونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ۖ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ

Shame on you and what you worship besides God! Do you have any sense?”