إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

Quran 21:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 326 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:52

إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِوَقَوْمِهِۦمَاهَٰذِهِٱلتَّمَاثِيلُٱلَّتِىٓأَنتُمْلَهَاعَٰكِفُونَ٥٢

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūna

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"(52)

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This commentary explains ayahs 21:51–56 together.