Then they thought and observed: "Surely you are yourselves unjust."
So they turned towards their own selves and (inwardly) said, “Indeed you yourselves are unjust.”
So they returned one to another, and they said, 'Surely it is you who are the evildoers.'
And so they turned upon one another, saying, “Behold, it is you who are doing wrong.”
They then turned to themselves, and said: verily ye it is who are the wrong-doers.
So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily, you are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers)."
Then they turned to one another, and said, “You yourselves are the wrongdoers.”
Thereupon they turned to their (inner) selves and said (to themselves): "Surely it is you who are the wrong-doers."
So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily, you are the wrongdoers."
Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers.
Thereat they came to themselves and said [to one another], ‘Indeed it is you who are the wrongdoers!’
So they returned one to another saying, 'Surely, it is you who are the harmdoers'
So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."
Thereupon they realized their own foolishness and said, "We ourselves are wrong-doers".
Then they turned to themselves and said: Surely you yourselves are the unjust;
FarajaAAoo il<u>a</u> anfusihim faq<u>a</u>loo innakum antumu a<b>l</b><i><u>thth</u></i><u>a</u>limoon<b>a</b>
Then they turned to one another and said, "It is you yourselves who are in the wrong,"
So they turned to themselves and said, "Surely ye are the ones in the wrong!"
فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
So they turned to one another contemplating and considering. It had become clear to them that their idols do not benefit nor harm in any way, and so they were wrong in worshipping them instead of Allah.
So they turned to one another contemplating and considering. It had become clear to them that their idols do not benefit nor harm in any way, and so they were wrong in worshipping them instead of Allah.
<h2 class="title">The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preaching</h2><p>Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ</div><p>(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ</div><p>(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ</div><p>(Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ</div><p>(Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ</div><p>("Indeed you know well that these speak not!") `So how can you tell us to ask them, if they cannot speak and you know that they cannot speak' At this point, when they admitted that, Ibrahim said to them:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ</div><p>(Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor harm you) meaning, if they can- not speak and they can neither benefit you nor harm you, then why do you worship them instead of Allah</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">أُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ </div><p>(Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense) `Do you not realize the extent of the mis- guidance and extreme disbelief which you are following, which no one could accept but one who is an igno- rant and evil wrong- doer' He defeated them in argument and left them with no way out. Allah said:</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ</div><p>e(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) 6:83</p>
The People's admission of their gods' incapability, and Ibrahim's preachingAllah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his peopleفَرَجَعُواْ إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said:إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ الظَّـلِمُونَ(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them.ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ(Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said:لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ(Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: "The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said,لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـؤُلاءِ يَنطِقُونَ("Indeed you know well that these speak not!") `So how can you tell us to ask them, if they cannot speak and you know that they cannot speak' At this point, when they admitted that, Ibrahim said to them:أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ(Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor harm you) meaning, if they can- not speak and they can neither benefit you nor harm you, then why do you worship them instead of Allahأُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ (Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense) `Do you not realize the extent of the mis- guidance and extreme disbelief which you are following, which no one could accept but one who is an igno- rant and evil wrong- doer' He defeated them in argument and left them with no way out. Allah said:وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِe(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) 6:83