Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 64 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 64
So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], “Indeed, you are the wrongdoers.”
So they turned to themselves and said, “Surely ye are the ones in the wrong!”
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 Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).”
Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong-doers.
So they returned one to another (Literally: returned to themselves) (and) then said, “Surely you yourselves are the unjust.”
They turned to one another, saying, ‘It is you who are in the wrong,’
پس یہ لوگ اپنے دلوں میں قائل ہوگئے اور کہنے لگے واقعی ﻇالم تو تم ہی ہو
Quran 21 Verse 64 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Anbiya ayat 64, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(21:64) Thereupon they turned to their (inner) selves and said (to themselves): Surely it is you who are the wrong-doers.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
64. So they turned to themselves and said: “Verily, you are the wrongdoers.” 65. Then they turned to themselves: “Indeed you know well that these speak not!” 66. He said: “Do you then worship besides Allah, things that can neither profit you nor harm you” 67. “Fie upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allah! Have you then no sense”
Allah tells us that when Ibrahim said what he said, his people
(turned to themselves) meaning, they blamed themselves for not taking precautions and protecting their gods. They said:
(Verily, you are the wrongdoers) i.e., because you neglected them and did not guard them.
(Then they turned to themselves) means, they looked at the ground, and said:
(Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these speak not!) Qatadah said: “The people admitted their guilt and confusion, and said,
(“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:
(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
(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:
e(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) ﴿6:83﴾
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