إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ ٥٢
Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَٰذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ ٥٢
Behold! he said to his father and his people, "What are these images, to which ye are (so assiduously) devoted?"
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِدِينَ ٥٣
They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them."
قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ ٥٤
He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers."
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنْتَ مِنَ اللَّاعِبِينَ ٥٥
They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?"
قَالَ بَلْ رَبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ ٥٦
He said, "Nay, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He Who created them (from nothing): and I am a witness to this (Truth).