They asked, “Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
— Saheeh International
He replied ˹sarcastically˺, “No, this one—the biggest of them—did it! So ask them, if they can talk!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
— Saheeh International
So they came back to their senses, saying ˹to one another˺, “You yourselves are truly the wrongdoers!”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."
— Saheeh International
Then they ˹quickly˺ regressed to their ˹original˺ mind-set, ˹arguing,˺ “You already know that those ˹idols˺ cannot talk.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then they reversed themselves,1 [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
— Saheeh International
He rebuked ˹them˺, “Do you then worship—instead of Allah—what can neither benefit nor harm you in any way?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?
— Saheeh International
Shame on you and whatever you worship instead of Allah! Do you not have any sense?”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Uff1 to you and to what you worship instead of Allah. Then will you not use reason?"
— Saheeh International
They concluded, “Burn him up to avenge your gods, if you must act.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
— Saheeh International
We ordered, “O fire! Be cool and safe for Abraham!”1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
We [i.e., Allah] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
— Saheeh International
They had sought to harm him, but We made them the worst losers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.
— Saheeh International
Then We delivered him, along with Lot, to the land We had showered with blessings for all people.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds [i.e., peoples].
— Saheeh International
And We blessed him with Isaac ˹as a son˺ and Jacob ˹as a grandson˺, as an additional favour—making all of them righteous.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.
— Saheeh International