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Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.

[21:59]

They said: Who hath done this to our gods ? Surely it must be some evil-doer.

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They said: We heard a youth make mention of them, who is called Abraham.

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They said: Then bring him (hither) before the people’s eyes that they may testify.

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They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham ?

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He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.

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Then gathered they apart and said: Lo! ye yourselves are the wrong- doers.

[21:65]

And they were utterly confounded, and they said: Well thou knowest that these speak not.

[21:66]

He said: Worship ye then instead of Allah that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you ?

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Fie on you and all that ye worship instead of Allah! Have ye then no sense ?

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They cried: Burn him and stand by your gods, if ye will be doing.

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We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham,

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And they wished to set a snare for him, but We made them the greater losers.

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And We rescued him and Lot (and brought them) to the land which We have blessed for (all) peoples.

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And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous.