19. Merjem · verses 41–42

سورة مريم
41

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقٗا نَّبِيًّا

Waothkur fee alkitabi ibraheema innahu kana siddeeqan nabiyyan

(Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham: He was a man of Truth, a prophet.

42

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعۡبُدُ مَا لَا يَسۡمَعُ وَلَا يُبۡصِرُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنكَ شَيۡـٔٗا

Ith qala liabeehi ya abati lima taAAbudu ma la yasmaAAu wala yubsiru wala yughnee AAanka shayan

Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why worship that which heareth not and seeth not, and can profit thee nothing?