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˺,



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