قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ
They said, ‘We worship idols, and are constantly in attendance on them.’
قَالَ هَلۡ يَسۡمَعُونَكُمۡ إِذۡ تَدۡعُونَ
He asked, ‘Do they hear you when you call?
أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ
Do they help or harm you?’
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’
قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ
Abraham said, ‘Those idols you have worshipped,
أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ
you and your forefathers,
فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
are my enemies; not so the Lord of the Worlds,
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ
who created me. It is He who guides me;
وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ
He who gives me food and drink;
وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ
He who cures me when I am ill;