إِذۡ

قَالَ

لِأَبِيهِ

وَقَوۡمِهِۦ

مَا

هَٰذِهِ

ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ

ٱلَّتِيٓ

أَنتُمۡ

لَهَا

عَٰكِفُونَ

٥٢

˹Remember˺ when he questioned his father and his people, “What are these statues to which you are so devoted?”

They replied, “We found our forefathers worshipping them.”

He responded, “Indeed, you and your forefathers have been clearly astray.”

They asked, “Have you come to us with the truth, or is this a joke?”

He replied, “In fact, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them ˹both˺. And to that I bear witness.”

˹Then he said to himself,˺ “By Allah! I will surely plot against your idols after you have turned your backs and gone away.”