So he smashed them up to pieces with the exception of the biggest, so that they may turn to it.
He shattered them all, except the biggest among them, that perhaps they may question it.
So he broke them into fragments, all but a great one they had, for haply they would return to it.
And then he broke those [idols] to pieces, [all] save the biggest of them, so that they might [be able to] turn to it.
Then he made them fragments, all except the big one of them, that haply unto it they may return.
So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.
So he reduced them into pieces, except for their biggest, that they may return to it.
Then he broke them all into pieces, sparing only the supreme one among them that they may possibly return to him.
So he broke them to pieces, except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.
Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.
So he broke them into pieces—all except the biggest of them—so that they might come back to it.
He broke them all into pieces, except their great one so that they might return to it.
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
He broke all the idols into pieces, except the biggest among them so that perhaps people would refer to it.
So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it.
FajaAAalahum ju<u>thath</u>an ill<u>a</u> kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoon<b>a</b>
He broke them all into pieces, except for the biggest one of them, so that they might return to it [for enquiry].
So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.
So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.
<p>فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا (21:58) The word جُذَاذً is the plural for جُذَ. which means fragment or piece. Thus its meaning is that Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) broke the idols into small pieces.</p><p>إِلَّا كَبِيرً‌ا لَّهُمْ (Save the big one of them - 21:58) That is, only the biggest idol was left intact and all the rest were broken. It is possible that the one which was left unbroken was either bigger in size or higher in esteem with the unbelievers.</p><p>لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْ‌جِعُونَ (So that they may come back to him - 21:58) There can be three explanations to this expression. One, if the object of إِلَيْهِ (to him) is Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) then the meaning would be that he himself wanted the unbelievers to ask him why he had broken the idols which would give him a chance to sneer at them that what they worshipped could not even look after themselves. The second meaning of	إِلَيْهِ يَرْ‌جِعُونَ could be that he destroyed the idols in the hope that when the unbelievers saw them in pieces it might convince them of the futility of idol-worship and cause their return toward the religion of Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) . The third explanation is given by Kalbi. He says that the object of إِلَيْهِ is کَبِیر (the big). In that case the explanation would be that when the unbelievers, on their return saw the idols in pieces except the big one, who had a hammer resting on his shoulder, they might turn towards it for an explanation and getting no response from it they would see for themselves the helplessness of the idol.</p>
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا (21:58) The word جُذَاذً is the plural for جُذَ. which means fragment or piece. Thus its meaning is that Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) broke the idols into small pieces.إِلَّا كَبِيرً‌ا لَّهُمْ (Save the big one of them - 21:58) That is, only the biggest idol was left intact and all the rest were broken. It is possible that the one which was left unbroken was either bigger in size or higher in esteem with the unbelievers.لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْ‌جِعُونَ (So that they may come back to him - 21:58) There can be three explanations to this expression. One, if the object of إِلَيْهِ (to him) is Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) then the meaning would be that he himself wanted the unbelievers to ask him why he had broken the idols which would give him a chance to sneer at them that what they worshipped could not even look after themselves. The second meaning of	إِلَيْهِ يَرْ‌جِعُونَ could be that he destroyed the idols in the hope that when the unbelievers saw them in pieces it might convince them of the futility of idol-worship and cause their return toward the religion of Sayyidna Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) . The third explanation is given by Kalbi. He says that the object of إِلَيْهِ is کَبِیر (the big). In that case the explanation would be that when the unbelievers, on their return saw the idols in pieces except the big one, who had a hammer resting on his shoulder, they might turn towards it for an explanation and getting no response from it they would see for themselves the helplessness of the idol.