إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna
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Ash-Shu'ara · verse 70 of 227
Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 70
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6 words1إِذْidhWhen
2قَالَqālahe said
3لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
4وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
5مَاmāWhat
6تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūna(do) you worship
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Read the whole surahوَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
And recite to them the news of Abraham,
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ أَصْنَامًۭا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَـٰكِفِينَ
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ
He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?