# 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 70 - **Surah:** 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) — سورة الشعراء - **Verse:** 70 / 227 · **Juz:** 19 · **Mushaf page:** 369 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-70 ## Arabic اِذْ قَالَ لِاَب۪يهِ وَقَوْمِه۪ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ## Transcription Ith qala li-abeehi waqawmihi mataAAbudoon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley when he said to his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’ ### Progressive Muslims When he said to his father and his people: "What do you worship" ### Shabbir Ahmed When he said to his father and his people, "What is it 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 do you worship?" ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament He said to his father and his people, "What is this you are worshipping?" ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira When he asked his father and his people: "What do you worship?" ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?" ### Muhammad Asad [how it was] when he asked his father and his people, "What is it that you worship?" ### Marmaduke Pickthall When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye? ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary when he asked his father and his people: "What do you worship?"[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Obviously the object of this question was to remind the people that the deities which they worshiped were false and absolutely powerless. In Surah Al Anbiya the same question has been posed thus: What are these images to which you are so devoted. (verse 52). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab He asked his father and his people: "What do you people worship?" ### Bijan Moeinian Once in a gathering he said to his father and the present people: "What are these things that you worship?" ### Al-Hilali & Khan When he said to his father and his people: "What do you worship?" ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship ye?" ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran when he questioned his father and his people, "What is that you worship ˹besides Allah˺?" ### Taqi Usmani when he said to his father and to his people, "What do you worship?" ### Abdul Haleem when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’ ### Arthur John Arberry when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?' ### E. Henry Palmer when he said to his father and his people, 'What do ye serve?' ### Hamid S. Aziz And recite unto them the story of Abraham; ### Mahmoud Ghali As he said to his father and his people, "What do 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 his people "What do you worship?" ### Amatul Rahman Omar When he said to his sire and his people, `What things are those which 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 toplumuna: "Neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Hani, babasına ve kavmine: "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Onlara İbrahim'in kıssasını anlat! İbrahim, babasına ve ulusuna "nelere tapıyorsunuz?" demişti. Onlar: "Putlara tapıyoruz; onlarla ilgilenip duruyoruz" demişlerdi. İbrahim: "Çağırdığınız zaman sizi duyarlar mı ve size bir fayda ve zarar verirler mi?" demişti. Onlar: "Ancak, babalarımızı da böyle yaparken bulduk" demişlerdi. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Hani o, babasına ve kavmine, "Neye tapıyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali O bir vakıt babasına ve kavmine: siz neye taparsınız? dedi ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) O bir vakit babasına ve kavmine: "Siz neye tapıyorsunuz?" dedi. ### Gültekin Onan Hani, babasına ve kavmine: "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Hani o, babasına ve kavmine: "Siz neye tapıyorsunuz?" demişdi. ### İbni Kesir Hani babasına ve kavmine: Nelere tapıyorsunuz? demişti. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Hani, o babasına ve kavmine "Nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz?" diye sormuştu. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Hani, babasına ve halkına: -Neye kulluk ediyorsunuz? demişti. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Babasına ve kavmine: "Neye tapıyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Hani babasına ve toplumuna şöyle demişti: "Siz neye ibadet ediyorsunuz?" ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Hani bir zamanlar o, babasını ve kavmini "Neye kulluk ediyorsunuz? Diye sor(gula)dı. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halkına; "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Babasına ve toplumuna, şöyle demişti: "Neye hizmet ediyorsunuz?" ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bir gün İbrahim, babasına ve halkına; "Siz nelere kulluk ediyorsunuz?" diye sordu. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Hani o (İbrahim), babasına ve kavmine "Neye tapıyorsunuz?" diye sormuştu. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halkına; "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Babasına ve halkına; "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" demişti. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bir gün babasına ve halkına şöyle dedi: "Siz neye kulluk ediyorsunuz?" ## 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 | مَا — mā | What | — | | 6 | تَعْبُدُونَ — taʿbudūna | (do) you worship | عبد — Ayn-Be-Dal | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-69.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-71.md Retrieved: 2026-08-05 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.