21. Enbija · verses 50–53

وَهَٰذَا ذِكۡرٞ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمۡ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

Wahatha thikrun mubarakun anzalnahu afaantum lahu munkiroona

And this is a blessed Message which We have sent down: will ye then reject it?

۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ

Walaqad atayna ibraheema rushdahu min qablu wakunna bihi AAalimeena

We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma hathihi alttamatheelu allatee antum laha AAakifoona

Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"

قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ

Qaloo wajadna abaana laha AAabideena

They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."