فَمَا ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
What then do you expect from the Lord of all worlds?”
فَنَظَرَ نَظۡرَةٗ فِي ٱلنُّجُومِ
He later looked up to the stars ˹in contemplation˺,1
فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَقِيمٞ
then said, “I am really sick.”1
فَتَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ مُدۡبِرِينَ
So they turned their backs on him and went away.
فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِهِمۡ فَقَالَ أَلَا تَأۡكُلُونَ
Then he ˹stealthily˺ advanced towards their gods, and said ˹mockingly˺, “Will you not eat ˹your offerings˺?
مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
What is wrong with you that you cannot speak?”
فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
Then he swiftly turned on them, striking ˹them˺ with his right hand.
فَأَقۡبَلُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ يَزِفُّونَ
Later, his people came rushing towards him ˹furiously˺.
قَالَ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مَا تَنۡحِتُونَ
He argued, “How can you worship what you carve ˹with your own hands˺,