فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ
(37:88) Then7 he looked carefully at the stars8
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ
(37:89) and said: “I am sick.”9
فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ
(37:90) So turning their backs, they went away from him.0
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
(37:91) Then he went quietly to the (temple of the deities) and said: “What
is the matter with you, why do you not eat?1
is the matter with you, why do you not eat?1
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
(37:92) What is the matter with you, why do you not speak?”
فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
(37:93) Then he turned upon them, striking them with his right hand,
فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ
(37:94) whereupon people came to him running.2
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ
(37:95) Abraham said to them: “Do you worship what you yourselves have carved
with your own hands
with your own hands