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Surah 21. Al-Anbiya, Ayah 58

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فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ Qur’an Al-Anbiya (21:58)

FajaAAalahum ju thath an ill a kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoon a

And then he broke those [idols] to pieces, [all] save the biggest of them, so that they might [be able to] turn to it.⁶⁰

- Mohammad Asad

So he broke them all in pieces, except the biggest of them, so that they might turn to it.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

So he smashed them into pieces, except the biggest of them, so they might turn to it 'for answers'.

- Mustafa Khattab

Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

So he broke them to pieces (all) but the biggest of them that they might turn (and address themselves) to it. ²⁷¹⁸

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali