Tafsir al-Jalalayn · Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 63

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ
He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"
Qaala bal fa’alahu kabiiruhum haazaa fas'aluuhum 'in kaanuu yantiquuna
He said concealing his deed ‘Rather it was this principal one among them did it. So question them about the perpetrator of this if they can speak!’ here the response to the conditional statement precedes the conditional clause; in the preceding clause there is an intimation for them that an idol acknowledged as being incapable of action cannot be a god.
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