Quran — Page 327

And then he broke those [idols] to pieces, [all] save the biggest of them, so that they might [be able to] turn to it.

[When they saw what had happened,] they said: “Who has done this to our gods? Verily, one of the worst wrongdoers is he!”

Said some [of them]: “We heard a youth speak of these [gods with scorn]: he is called Abraham.”

[The others] said: “Then bring him before the peoples eyes, so that they might bear witness [against him]!”

[And when he came.] they asked: “Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?”

He answered: “Nay, it was this one, the big­gest of them, that did it: but ask them [yourselves] - provided they can speak!”

And so they turned upon one another, saying, “Behold, it is you who are doing wrong.”

But then they relapsed into their former way of thinking and said: “Thou knowest very well that these [idols] cannot speak!”

Said [Abraham]: “Do you then worship, instead of God, something that cannot benefit you in any way, nor harm you?

Fie upon you and upon all that you worship instead of God! Will you not, then, use your reason?”

They exclaimed: “Burn him, and [thereby] succour your gods, if you are going to do [anything]!”

[But] We said: O fire! Be thou cool, and [a source of] inner peace for Abraham!”

and whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We caused them to suffer the greatest loss:

for We saved him and Lot, [his brother’s son, by guiding them] to the land which We have blessed for all times to come.

And We bestowed upon him Isaac and [Isaacs son] Jacob as an additional gift and caused all of them to be righteous men,