قَالُوا مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِینَ(( 59 ))

59- THEY SAID:ِ ``HE WHO HAS DONE THIS WITH OUR GODS IS INDEED OF THE OPPRESSORS.'' (AND MUST BE PUNISHED)

قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا فَتىً یَذْکُرُهُمْ یُقَالُ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِیمُ(( 60 ))

60- (A GROUP OF THEM) SAID:ِ ``WE HEARD A YOUTH SPEAKING AGAINST THEM, WHO IS CALLED ABRAHAM.

قَالُوا فَأْتُوا بِهِ عَلَى أَعْیُنِ النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ یَشْهَدُونَ(( 61 ))

61- THEY SAID:ِ ``BRING HIM BEFORE THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY MAY BEAR WITNESS.''

قَالُوا أَأَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا یَا إِبْرَاهِیمُ(( 62 ))

62- THEY SAID:ِ ``DID YOU DO THIS WITH OUR GODS, O, ABRAHAM?''

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُ کَبِیرُهُمْ هَذَا فَسْأَلُوهُمْ إِنْ کَانُوا یَنطِقُونَ(( 63 ))

63- HE SAID:ِ ``PERHAPS THIS BIGGEST ONE OF THEM HAS DONE IT, SO ASK THEM IF THEY ARE SPEAKING.''

فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوا إِنَّکُمْ أَنْتُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ(( 64 ))

64- THEN THEY TURNED TO THEMSELVES, (TO THEIR CONSCIENCE) AND SAID:ِ ``YOU YOURSELVES ARE OPPRESSORS.''

ثُمَّ نُکِسُوا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَؤُلاَءِ یَنطِقُونَ(( 65 ))

65- THEN THEY DROOPED THEIR HEADS DOWN, (SAYING:ِ) ``YOU KNOW WELL THAT THESE DO NOT SPEAK.''

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قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مَا لاَ یَنفَعُکُمْ شَیْئاً وَلاَ یَضُرُّکُمْ(( 66 ))

66- HE SAID:ِ ``DO YOU THEN WORSHIP APART FROM ALLAH, THAT WHICH DOES NOT PROFIT YOU ANYTHING; AND NEITHER HARMS YOU.''

أُفّ لَّکُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ(( 67 ))

67- ``FIE UPON YOU, AND UPON WHAT YOU WORSHIP APART FROM ALLAH. DO YOU NOT THEN USE YOUR WISDOM.