Meccan·Surah 21

الأنبياء

Surah Al-Anbiya — Ayah 52

The Prophets

112 Ayahs·Verse 21:52
21:52

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

Context in Surah Al-Anbiya

Nearby ayahs help place verse 21:52 in sequence and meaning.

وَهَـٰذَا ذِكْرٌ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ ۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

And this [Qur'an] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?

۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."