# 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 61 - **Surah:** 21. Surah Al-Anbiya (The Prophets) — سورة الأنبياء - **Verse:** 61 / 112 · **Juz:** 17 · **Mushaf page:** 326 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-61 ## Arabic قَالُوا فَأْتُوا بِه۪ عَلٰٓى اَعْيُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ ## Transcription Qaloo fa/too bihi AAalaaAAyuni annasi laAAallahum yashhadoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley They said, ‘Bring him before the people’s eyes so they can be witnesses. ’ ### Progressive Muslims They said: "Bring him before the eyes of the people so that they may be witness. " ### Shabbir Ahmed The custodians of the temple conferred and said, "Then bring him before the people's eyes, so that they might bear witness. " ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation They said: “Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they might bear witness.” ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation They said: "Bring him before the eyes of the people so that they may be witness." ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament They said, "Bring him before the eyes of all the people, that they may bear witness." ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira "Bring him before the people, " they said, "that they may bear witness. " ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify. " ### Muhammad Asad [The others] said: "Then bring him before the peoples eyes, so that they might bear witness [against him]!" ### Marmaduke Pickthall They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people's eyes that they may testify. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary The others said: "Bring him, then, before the eyes of the people that they may see (what will be done to him)."[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] This was exactly what Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) expected to happen. He wished that the matter should not remain confined to the priests and the attendants but the common people also should be present there to witness that their deities were helpless and their priests were deluding them about their powers. The priests committed the same folly as was later committed by Pharaoh when he arranged an encounter between Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) and the magicians in the open in front of the multitudes of the common people, and the former got an opportunity to show publicly the miracle of the staff which shattered the illusory, magical tricks of the magicians. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab "Bring him here before the people", they said, "so that they may witness with their own eyes the consequence, for he -Ibrahim- has much to answer for". ### Bijan Moeinian They said: "Then bring him here so that he answers a few question before the public. " ### Al-Hilali & Khan They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify." ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness." ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran They demanded, "Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness ˹his trial˺." ### Taqi Usmani They said, "Then, bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may see". ### Abdul Haleem They said, ‘Bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may witness [his trial].’ ### Arthur John Arberry They said, 'Bring him before the people's eyes; haply they shall bear witness. ' ### E. Henry Palmer Said they, 'Then bring him before the eyes of men; haply they will bear witness. ' ### Hamid S. Aziz Others said, "We heard a youth mention them, he is called Abraham. " ### Mahmoud Ghali They said, "Then come up with him (i. e., bring him) before the eyes of the multitude, that possibly they would testify." ### George Sale They said, bring him therefore before the eyes of the people, that they may bear witness against him. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may bear witness," ### Amatul Rahman Omar They said, ' Then bring him before the eyes of the people so that they may bear witness (against him). ' ### Ali Quli Qarai They said, ‘Bring him before the people’s eyes so that they may bear witness [against him]. ’ ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Dediler ki: "Onu tutuklayıp halkın gözleri önüne getirin ki, herkes olaya şahit olsun. " ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Dediler ki: "Öyleyse, onu insanların gözü önüne getirin ki ona (nasıl bir ceza vereceğimize) şahid olsunlar." ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali "O halde, onu hemen insanların gözü önüne getirin, belki şahitlik ederler" dediler. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali (Bir kısmı da) "O halde haydi, onu insanların gözü önüne getirin. Belki (bu konuda) şahitlik ederler" dediler. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Haydin dediler: getirin onu nasın gözleri önüne belki şehadet ederler ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) hadi onu halkın gözleri önüne getirin, belki (onlar da aleyhinde) şehadet ederler." dediler. ### Gültekin Onan Dediler ki: "Öyleyse, onu insanların gözü önüne getirin ki ona (nasıl bir ceza vereceğimize) şahid olsunlar." ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Dediler: "O halde onu insanların gözleri önüne getirin. Olur ki onlar da (aleyhinde) şahidlik ederler". ### İbni Kesir Dediler ki: O halde bunların şahidlik edebilmeleri için onu insanların gözleri önüne getirin. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı (Berikiler:) "Onu insanların karşısına çıkarın, (aleyhine) tanıklık etsinler!" dediler. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı -Şahitlik etmeleri için onu halkın gözü önüne getirin, dediler. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali "Onu insanların gözü önüne getirin de (nasıl cezalandırılacağına) tanık olsunlar" dediler. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Dediler: "Halkın gözleri önüne getirin onu ki, açıkça görebilsinler." ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an (Diğerleri) dediler ki: "Onu insanların önüne çıkarın; belki görgü şahitliği yapacak birileri çıkar!" ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "O halde onu insanların huzuruna getirin. Belki tanıklık eden çıkar" dediler. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek "Onu, insanların karşısına çıkarın; belki tanıklık eden olur!" dediler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Diğerleri: "Getirin onu halkın önüne; belki bir gören olmuştur" diye karşılık verdi. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir "Onu hemen insanların gözü önüne getirin! Belki şahitlik ederler." demişlerdi. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an "O halde onu insanların huzuruna getirin. Belki tanıklık eden çıkar" dediler. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an "O halde onu insanların huzuruna getirin. Belki tanıklık eden çıkar" dediler. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali "Öyleyse getirin onu halkın önüne; belki onlar görmüşlerdir" dediler. ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | قَالُوا۟ — qālū | They said | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam | | 2 | فَأْتُوا۟ — fatū | Then bring | اتي — Elif-Te-Ye | | 3 | بِهِۦ — bihi | him | — | | 4 | عَلَىٰٓ — ʿalā | before | — | | 5 | أَعْيُنِ — aʿyuni | (the) eyes | عين — Ayn-Ye-Nun | | 6 | ٱلنَّاسِ — l-nāsi | (of) the people | نوس — Nun-Vav-Sin | | 7 | لَعَلَّهُمْ — laʿallahum | so that they may | — | | 8 | يَشْهَدُونَ — yashhadūna | bear witness | شهد — Şin-he-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-60.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-62.md Retrieved: 2026-08-12 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.