Surah Al Anbiya Ayat 57 Tafseer

Para 17 - اِقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

21.57-65

وَ تَاللّٰهِ لَاَ كِیْدَنَّ اَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ اَنْ تُوَلُّوْا مُدْبِرِیْنَ(57) فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذٰذًا اِلَّا كَبِیْرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ اِلَیْهِ یَرْجِعُوْنَ(58) قَالُوْا مَنْ فَعَلَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَاۤ اِنَّهٗ لَمِنَ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ(59) قَالُوْا سَمِعْنَا فَتًى یَّذْكُرُهُمْ یُقَالُ لَهٗۤ اِبْرٰهِیْمُﭤ(60) قَالُوْا فَاْتُوْا بِهٖ عَلٰۤى اَعْیُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَشْهَدُوْنَ(61) قَالُوْۤا ءَاَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَا یٰۤاِبْرٰهِیْمُﭤ(62) قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهٗ ﳓ كَبِیْرُهُمْ هٰذَا فَسْــٴَـلُوْهُمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا یَنْطِقُوْنَ(63) فَرَجَعُوْۤا اِلٰۤى اَنْفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوْۤا اِنَّكُمْ اَنْتُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَۙ (64) ثُمَّ نُكِسُوْا عَلٰى رُءُوْسِهِمْۚ-لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ یَنْطِقُوْنَ(65)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Imaan

'And I swear an oath by Allah, I shall seek to harm your idols after you have turned your backs.' He therefore crushed them all except the biggest amongst them; that perhaps they may question it. They said, 'Who has done this to our gods? He is indeed unjust.' Some amongst them said, 'We heard a young man speak ill of them; the one called Ibrahim.' They said, 'So, bring him in front of the people; perhaps they may testify.' They said, 'Did you do this to our gods, O Ibrahim?' Said he, 'Rather, this big one from them must have done it; so, question them, if they speak.' They therefore turned to themselves (realising their own falsehood) and said (to one another), 'Indeed, only you are unjust.' They were then made to reverse on their heads (i.e. baffled with embarrassment and said); that '(O Ibrahim!) You know well that they do not speak.'

Commentary

This statement of Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم seemingly contradicts what occurred, but in reality, this is not the case. One reason for this is that Prophet Ibrahim عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was demonstrating the helplessness of the idols to the disbelievers. Thus, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم told them that they should ask the largest idol, for it had the axe on its shoulder and must have broken the rest of them; this was to make them feel some shame and compel them to ponder.

Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم made it clear that the idols were powerless and helpless by showing they could not even save themselves, so how could they save others? Thus, the people began to think in their hearts that they were only oppressing themselves by worshipping idols that were dependant and helpless. However, this momentary thought did not suffice them, which is why they remained polytheists.

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