قَالُوْا فَاْتُوْا بِهٖ عَلٰۤی اَعْیُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَشْهَدُوْنَ۝۶۱

"Bring him before the people," they said, "that they may bear witness."

قَالُوْۤا ءَاَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هٰذَا بِاٰلِهَتِنَا یٰۤاِبْرٰهِیْمُؕ۝۶۲

"Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?" they enquired.

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهٗ ۖۗ كَبِیْرُهُمْ هٰذَا فَسْـَٔلُوْهُمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا یَنْطِقُوْنَ۝۶۳

"No," he said. "It was done by that chief of theirs. Ask him in case they can speak."

فَرَجَعُوْۤا اِلٰۤی اَنْفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوْۤا اِنَّكُمْ اَنْتُمُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَۙ۝۶۴

Then they thought and observed: "Surely you are yourselves unjust."

ثُمَّ نُكِسُوْا عَلٰی رُءُوْسِهِمْ ۚ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هٰۤؤُلَآءِ یَنْطِقُوْنَ۝۶۵

Then crestfallen (they confessed): "Truly, as you know, they cannot speak."

قَالَ اَفَتَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ مَا لَا یَنْفَعُكُمْ شَیْـًٔا وَّ لَا یَضُرُّكُمْؕ۝۶۶

(So Abraham) said: "Then why do you worship something apart from God that cannot profit you or do you harm?

اُفٍّ لَّكُمْ وَ لِمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُوْنَ۝۶۷

Fie on you and those you worship besides God! Will you not understand?"

قَالُوْا حَرِّقُوْهُ وَ انْصُرُوْۤا اٰلِهَتَكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فٰعِلِیْنَ۝۶۸

They said: "Burn him, and save your gods, if you are men of action."

قُلْنَا یٰنَارُ كُوْنِیْ بَرْدًا وَّ سَلٰمًا عَلٰۤی اِبْرٰهِیْمَۙ۝۶۹

"Turn cold, O fire," We said, "and give safety to Abraham."

وَ اَرَادُوْا بِهٖ كَیْدًا فَجَعَلْنٰهُمُ الْاَخْسَرِیْنَۚ۝۷۰

They wished to entrap him, but We made them greater losers.