Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 59 (21:59)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بَِٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Quran 21:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 327 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:59
قَالُوا۟مَنفَعَلَهَٰذَابَِٔالِهَتِنَآإِنَّهُۥلَمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٥٩
qālū man faʿala hādhā biālihatinā innahu lamina l-ẓālimīna

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."(59)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. مَنmanWho
  3. فَعَلَfaʿala(has) done
  4. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  5. بَِٔالِهَتِنَآbiālihatināto our gods
  6. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  7. لَمِنَlamina(is) of
  8. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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