# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 85 - **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات - **Verse:** 85 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 448 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-85 ## Arabic اِذْ قَالَ لِاَب۪يهِ وَقَوْمِه۪ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَۚ ## Transcription Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mathataAAbudoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley and said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping? ### Progressive Muslims When he said to his father and his people: "What are you worshiping" ### Shabbir Ahmed And thus spoke to his father and his people, "What is that you worship?" ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation When he said to his father and his people: “What do you serve? ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation When he said to his father and his people: "What are you worshiping?" ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament He said to his father and his people, "What are you worshipping? ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira When he said to his father and his people: "What is this you worship? ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) [And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship? ### Muhammad Asad and [thus] spoke to his father and his people: "What is it that you worship? ### Marmaduke Pickthall When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship? ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and said to his father and his people:[1] "Whom do you worship? _Footnotes_ - [1] For further details of this story of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), see(Surah Al-Anaam,Ayats 72-90);(Surah Maryam, Ayats 41-60); (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayats 51-75); (Surah Ash-Shuara, Ayats 69-89);(Surah Al- Ankabut, Ayats 16-17) and the E.Ns thereof. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab He questioned the truth of his peoples' system of faith and worship. He said to his father and to his people: "What is it that you worship?" ### Bijan Moeinian He said to his father and his people: "What are these things that you worship?" ### Al-Hilali & Khan When he said to his father and to his people: "What is it that which you worship? ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Behold! he said to his father and to his people, "What is that which ye worship? ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran and said to his father and his people, "What are you worshipping? ### Taqi Usmani when he said to his father and his people, "What is that which you worship? ### Abdul Haleem He said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping? ### Arthur John Arberry when he said to his father and his folk, 'What do you serve? ### E. Henry Palmer when he said to his father and his people, 'What is it that ye serve? ### Hamid S. Aziz When he said to his father and his people, " What is it that you worship?" ### Mahmoud Ghali As he said to his father and his people, "What is it that you worship? ### George Sale When he said unto his father and his people, what do ye worship? ### Syed Vickar Ahamed When he said to his father and to his people, "What is it that, which you worship? ### Amatul Rahman Omar (And) when he asked his sire and his people, `What is it that you worship? ### Ali Quli Qarai when he said to his father and his people, ‘What is it that you are worshiping? ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Hani (İbrahim) babasına ve kavmine: "Neye tapınıyorsunuz?" ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Hani babasına ve kavmine demişti ki: "Sizler neye tapıyorsunuz?" ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali O vakit, babasına ve kavmine şöyle demişti: "Neye tapıyorsunuz?" ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Hani babasına ve kavmine şöyle demişti: "Siz neye tapıyorsunuz?" ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Çünkü babasına ve kavmine şöyle dedi: siz nelere tapıyorsunuz? ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) çünkü babasına ve kavmine şöyle dedi: "Siz nelere tapıyorsunuz? ### Gültekin Onan Hani babasına ve kavmine demişti ki: "Sizler neye tapıyorsunuz?" ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim O zaman babasına ve kavmine demişdi ki: "Siz nelere tapıyorsunuz"? ### İbni Kesir Hani babasına ve kavmine demişti ki: Neye ibadet ediyorsunuz? ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı babasına ve halkına şöyle seslenmişti: "Siz neye tapıyorsunuz? ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Hani O, babasına ve kavmine demişti ki: -Siz, nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz? ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Babasına ve kavmine: "Neye tapıyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Babasına ve toplumuna sormuştu: "Siz neye kulluk/ibadet ediyorsunuz?" ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an o zaman babasına ve kavmine şöyle demişti: "Sizler nelere tapıyorsunuz böyle? ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halka: "Nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Babasına ve toplumuna, şöyle dedi: "Neye hizmet ediyorsunuz?" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bir gün babasına ve toplumuna şöyle demişti: "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz? ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Hani babasına ve halkına şöyle demişti: "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz? ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halka: "Nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halka: "Nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bir gün babasına ve halkına şöyle dedi: "Kulluk ettikleriniz nedir?[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [Meryem 19/41](https://quran.so/19/41)-[42,](https://quran.so/19/42) [Enbiya 21/52,](https://quran.so/21/52) [Şuara 26/69](https://quran.so/26/69)-[70.](https://quran.so/26/70) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | إِذْ — idh | When | — | | 2 | قَالَ — qāla | he said | قول — Kaf-Vav-Lam | | 3 | لِأَبِيهِ — li-abīhi | to his father | ابو — Elif-Be-Vav | | 4 | وَقَوْمِهِۦ — waqawmihi | and his people | قوم — Kaf-Vav-Mim | | 5 | مَاذَا — mādhā | What is it | — | | 6 | تَعْبُدُونَ — taʿbudūna | you worship | عبد — Ayn-Be-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-84.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-86.md Retrieved: 2026-08-16 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.