21. Enbija · verses 52–54

سورة الأنبياء
52

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?"

53

قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ

Qaloo wajadna abaana laha AAabideena

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

54

قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ

Qala laqad kuntum antum waabaokum fee dalalin mubeenin

He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."