Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”
When night covered him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ Then when it set he said, ‘I do not love what sets. ’
When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said: "This is my Lord. " But when it disappeared he said: "I do not like those that disappear."
(Some of his people were idolaters and others were Nature worshipers. ) One night when it grew dark upon him he saw a star. Abraham exclaimed to them, "This is my Lord!" But when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."
Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”
When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said: "This is my Lord." But when it disappeared he said: "I do not like those who disappear."
When the night covered him, he saw a planet, and he said, "This is my Lord." But when it disappeared he said, "I do not like those that disappear."
When the night fell, he saw a shining planet. "Maybe this is my Lord," he said. When it disappeared, he said, "I do not like (gods) that disappear."
When the night came with her covering of darkness he saw a star, and (Azar, his father) said: "This is my Lord. " But when the star set, (Abraham) said: "I love not those that wane."
So when the night covered him , he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I like not those that disappear."
Then, when the night overshadowed him with its darkness, he beheld a star;., he exclaimed, "This is my Sustainer!" -but when it went down, he said, "I love not the things that go down."
When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.
Then, when the night outspread over him, he beheld a star, and said: 'This is my Lord.' But when it went down, he said: 'I do not love the things that go down.'
When the night darkened the world around him, he saw, with his inward sight a heavenly body glittering in the vault of heaven. This, said he, "is my Allah." But when it set he said: "I just do not like things that set, and cease to be".
When Abraham saw a shining star he said: "This must be the Lord!" When the star disappeared, he said: "I do not like a god that disappears!"
When the night covered him over with darkness he saw a star. He said: "This is my lord." But when it set, he said: "I like not those that set."
When the night covered him over, He saw a star: He said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, He said: "I love not those that set."
When the night grew dark upon him, he saw a star and said, "This is my Lord!" But when it set, he said, “I do not love things that set.”
So, when the night enveloped him, he saw a star. He said, "This is my Lord." But, when it vanished, he said, “I do not like those who vanish.”
When the night grew dark over him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord,’ but when it set, he said, ‘I do not like things that set.’
When night outspread over him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord. ' But when it set he said, 'I love not the setters.'
And when the night overshadowed him he saw a star and said, 'This is my Lord;' but when it set he said, 'I love not those that set. '
And when the night overshadowed him he saw a star and said, "This is my Lord;" but when it set he said, "I love not those that set. "
So as soon as the night outspread over him, he saw a planet. He said, "This is my Lord." Then, as soon as it set, (Literally: waned, faded) he said, "I do not love the setting (things)."
And when the night darkened upon him, he saw a star. He said, 'Can this be my Lord?' But when it set, he said, I like not those that set.'
When the night covered over him, he saw a star, he said: "This is my Lord. " But when it set, he said: "I love not those that set."
Then (after being convinced of Our unity once on the occasion of a debate on the topic) when the night darkened over him, he saw a planet. He said (on seeing it to the idol-worshippers), `Is this my Lord (as you assert)?' But when it set he said, `I do not love the setting ones (to accept as my God).'
When night darkened over him, he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ But when it set, he said, ‘I do not like those who set. ’