Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration Arabic فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُون Transliteration FajaAAalahum juthath an illa kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoona Transliteration-2 fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn Word for Word So he made them (into) pieces except a large (one) of them, so that they may to it return.
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning Muhammad Asad And then he broke those [idols] to pieces, [all] save the biggest of them, so that they might [be able to] turn to it M. M. Pickthall Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it Shakir So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it Wahiduddin Khan He broke them all into pieces, except for the biggest one of them, so that they might return to it [for enquiry] Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar So he made them broken pieces—but the greatest of them—so that perhaps they will return to it. T.B.Irving So he broke them into fragments except for the biggest one of them, so that they might return to [question] it. The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab So he smashed them into pieces, except the biggest of them, so they might turn to it ˹for answers˺. Safi Kaskas So he broke them into pieces, except for the largest one among them, so that they might return to it [and question]. Abdul Hye So he made them fragments, except the biggest of them so that they might turn to it. The Study Quran So he broke them into pieces—save the largest of them—that haply they may have recourse to it [The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) So he broke them into pieces except for the biggest of them, so that they may turn to him Abdel Haleem He broke them all into pieces, but left the biggest one for them to return to Abdul Majid Daryabadi Then he made them fragments, all except the big one of them, that haply unto it they may return Ahmed Ali So he smashed them up to pieces with the exception of the biggest, so that they may turn to it Aisha Bewley He broke them in pieces, except for the biggest one, so that they would have it to consult! Ali Ünal And then he broke all of them to pieces except the one biggest in their sight, so that they might be able turn back to it (to ask what had happened) Ali Quli Qara'i So he broke them into pieces, —all except the biggest of them— so that they might come back to it Hamid S. Aziz So he broke them in pieces, all except their largest, that they might have recourse to it Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali So he made them into scraps, except a great one they had, that possibly they would return to it Muhammad Sarwar He broke all the idols into pieces, except the biggest among them so that perhaps people would refer to it Muhammad Taqi Usmani Then, he turned all of them into pieces, except the big one of them, so that they may come back to it Shabbir Ahmed Then he reduced them to fragments except the big one, so that they might turn to it. (37:88-98) Syed Vickar Ahamed So he broke them to pieces, (everyone) except the biggest of them, that they might turn (and try asking) it Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question] Farook Malik So he broke them all in pieces, except the biggest of them, so that they might turn to it Dr. Munir Munshey So he battered them to pieces, except the one most prominent. Maybe they would turn to it Dr. Kamal Omar So he (i.e., Ibrahim) made them into pieces except the Most High and Most Great to them so that they may turn to Him (Alone) in devotion Talal A. Itani (new translation) So he reduced them into pieces, except for their biggest, that they may return to it Maududi Then he broke them all into pieces, sparing only the supreme one among them that they may possibly return to him Ali Bakhtiari Nejad So he made them into small pieces except the biggest one of them, so that they may return to him A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018) Then he broke them to pieces, all but the biggest of them, so that they might turn to it Musharraf Hussain He smashed them to pieces except the biggest, which He left intact so they would return to it. [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) So he broke them into pieces except for the biggest of them, so that they may turn to him. Mohammad Shafi So he broke those (idols) into pieces, except for the biggest of them, that they (polytheists) may turn to it (to inform them as to who did the destruction of the other idols)
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works Bijan Moeinian Accordingly he broke them all into pieces, except the chief “god” so that it may serve as a subject of discussion at their return Faridul Haque He shattered them all, except the biggest among them, that perhaps they may question it Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah He broke them all into pieces, except their great one so that they might return to it Maulana Muhammad Ali So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they might return to it Muhammad Ahmed - Samira So he made them broken/pieces except a big/large (one) for them, maybe/perhaps to it they return Sher Ali So he broke them into pieces, all except the chief of them, that they might return to it Rashad Khalifa He broke them into pieces, except for a big one, that they may refer to it. Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Then he broke them into pieces but the big one of them, that haply they may ask to it something. Amatul Rahman Omar So he smashed them all into pieces, except their chief (idol), that they might return to it (for inquiry as he planned) Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Then Ibrahim (Abraham) broke those (idols) into pieces except the biggest (idol) so that they might turn to it Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works Arthur John Arberry So he broke them into fragments, all but a great one they had, for haply they would return to it Edward Henry Palmer So he brake them all in pieces, except a large one they had; that haply they might refer it to that George Sale And in the peoples absence he went into the temple where the idols stood, and he brake them all in pieces, except the biggest of them; that they might lay the blame upon that. And when they were returned John Medows Rodwell So, he broke them all in pieces, except the chief of them, that to it they might return, inquiring N J Dawood (2014) So he broke them all in pieces, except their supreme god, so that they might return to him
New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress Linda “iLHam” Barto (Abraham) broke (the idols) to pieces except for the biggest one of them, so that (the idolaters) may address it. Sayyid Qutb So he broke the idols to pieces, [all] except for the biggest of them, so that they might turn back to him. Ahmed Hulusi So (Abraham) broke all of them into pieces except the biggest one of them, in case they wanted to resort to him for enquiry. Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli So he broke them into pieces, (all) except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim And so he reduced them -the idols- into a useless form except their biggest, so that they might turn to it for information Mir Aneesuddin And by Allah, I have a definite plot for your idols after you go away turning your backs."
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