إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ
Ith qala liabeehi waqawmihi ma taAAbudoona
Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?"
26. Shuara · verses 70–83
سورة الشعراءقَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
Qaloo naAAbudu asnaman fanathallu laha AAakifeena
They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in attendance on them."
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ
Qala hal yasmaAAoonakum ith tadAAoona
He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them)?"
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ
Aw yanfaAAoonakum aw yadurroona
"Or do you good or harm?"
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Qaloo bal wajadna abaana kathalika yafAAaloona
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
Qala afaraaytum ma kuntum taAAbudoona
He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ
Antum waabaokumu alaqdamoona
"Ye and your fathers before you?-
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Fainnahum AAaduwwun lee illa rabba alAAalameena
"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds;
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
Allathee khalaqanee fahuwa yahdeeni
"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
Waallathee huwa yutAAimunee wayasqeeni
"Who gives me food and drink,
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
Waitha maridtu fahuwa yashfeeni
"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;
وَٱلَّذِي يُمِيتُنِي ثُمَّ يُحۡيِينِ
Waallathee yumeetunee thumma yuhyeeni
"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);
وَٱلَّذِيٓ أَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لِي خَطِيٓـَٔتِي يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Waallathee atmaAAu an yaghfira lee khateeatee yawma alddeeni
"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of Judgment.
رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي حُكۡمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqnee bialssaliheena
"O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous;
