۞ وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We gave ātaynā Ibrahim ib'rāhīma his guidance rush'dahu before min before qablu and We were wakunnā about him bihi Well-Knowing ʿālimīna
And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing
إِذْ When idh he said qāla to his father li-abīhi and his people waqawmihi What mā (are) these hādhihi [the] statues l-tamāthīlu which allatī you antum to it lahā (are) devoted ʿākifūna
When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"
قَالُوا۟ They said qālū We found wajadnā our forefathers ābāanā of them lahā worshippers ʿābidīna
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
قَالَ He said qāla Verily laqad you are kuntum [you] antum and your forefathers waābāukum (were) in fī an error ḍalālin manifest mubīnin
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
قَالُوٓا۟ They said qālū Have you come to us aji'tanā with the truth bil-ḥaqi or am you anta (are) of mina those who play l-lāʿibīna
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
قَالَ He said qāla Nay bal your Lord rabbukum (is the) Lord rabbu (of) the heavens l-samāwāti and the earth wal-arḍi the One Who alladhī created them faṭarahunna and I am wa-anā to ʿalā that dhālikum of mina the witnesses l-shāhidīna
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.