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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 59

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٥٩

21:59 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 327 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:59

قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٥٩

Transliteration

qālū man faʿala hādhā biālihatinā innahu lamina l-ẓālimīna

Translation

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

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Verse 59 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:59), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 327 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 59

Al-Mukhtasar

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.”

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Other translations of verse 59

They said, “Who has done this to our gods? He is indeed one of the wrongdoers.”

They said: "Who has done this to our âlihah (gods)? He must indeed be one of the Zâlimun (wrong-doers)."

They said: Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil-doer.

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? He must indeed be some man of impiety!"

They said: Who has done this to our gods? Most surely he is one of the unjust.

They said, "Who has perfomed this with our gods? Surely he is indeed of the unjust."

Verse 59 word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟ qālū They said ق و ل
  2. مَن man Who
  3. فَعَلَ faʿala (has) done ف ع ل
  4. هَٰذَا hādhā this
  5. بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ biālihatinā to our gods أ ل ه
  6. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, he
  7. لَمِنَ lamina (is) of
  8. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers ظ ل م

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