The Holy Quran 21:58 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Translation

So (when the people left town to celebrate a festival one day,) he (used an axe to break all the idols and) reduced them to fragments (pieces), but for the largest of them (which he left intact with the axe hung around its neck) so that they may turn towards him. (Seeing it intact with the axe, they may think that it could be responsible for the damage. However, they would then immediately dispel this thought because they knew that the idols could do nothing. In this manner, Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام wished to bring to their attention that they are wrong to worship such useless things.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

فحطم إبراهيم الأصنام وجعلها قطعًا صغيرة، وترك كبيرها; كي يرجع القوم إليه ويسألوه، فيتبين عجزهم وضلالهم، وتقوم الحجة عليهم.

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