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Muhammad Asad   
[And when he came.] they asked: “Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
They said, "Is it you who performed this with our gods, O Ibrahim?"
Safi Kaskas   
They said, “Have you done this to our gods, Abraham?”

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Arabic   
قَالُوۤا۟ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَـٰذَا بِءَالِهَتِنَا یَـٰۤإِبۡرَ ٰهِیمُ ۝٦٢
Transliteration (2021)   
qālū a-anta faʿalta hādhā biālihatinā yāib'rāhīm
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
They said, "Have you done this to our gods O Ibrahim?"

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
[And when he came.] they asked: “Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?”
M. M. Pickthall   
They said: Is it thou who hast done this to our gods, O Abraham
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
They asked, “Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Safi Kaskas   
They said, “Have you done this to our gods, Abraham?”
Wahiduddin Khan   
They said, Abraham, was it you who did this to our deities
Shakir   
They said: Have you done this to our gods, O Ibrahim
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
They said: Hast thou accomplished this with our gods O Abraham?
T.B.Irving   
They said: "Is it you who has done this to our gods, Abraham?"
Abdul Hye   
They asked: “Have you done this to our deity, O Abraham?”
The Study Quran   
Abraham?
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
They interrogated, “Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Talal Itani (2012)   
They said, 'Are you the one who did this to our gods, O Abraham?'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
They said: “Are you — you have done this with our gods, O Ibrahim?”
M. Farook Malik   
When Abraham came, they asked, "O Abraham, are you the one who has done this to our gods?"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
They said, "Is it you who performed this with our gods, O Ibrahim?"
Muhammad Sarwar   
They asked, "Abraham, did you do this to our idols?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
They said, .Is it you O Ibrahim who has done this to our gods?
Shabbir Ahmed   
(And when he came) they asked, "Is it you who has done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
Dr. Munir Munshey   
They asked, "Did you do that to our gods, oh Ibraheem?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
They said: "Are you the one that did this to our gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)?"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
They said: "Did you do this to our gods O Abraham?"
Abdel Haleem   
They asked, ‘Was it you, Abraham, who did this to our gods?’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
They said: art thou the one who hath wrought this unto our gods, O Ibrahim
Ahmed Ali   
"Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?" they enquired
Aisha Bewley   
They said, ´Did you do this to our gods, Ibrahim?´
Ali Ünal   
"Abraham," they asked, "is it you who has done this to our deities?"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
They said, ‘Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?’
Hamid S. Aziz   
Said they, "Was it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?"
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
They said: “Abraham, did you do this to our gods?”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
They said, “Are you the one who did this to our gods, O Abraham?
Musharraf Hussain   
They asked, “Ibrahim, did you do this to our gods?
Maududi   
(On Abraham´s arrival) they said: "Abraham, are you he who has done this to our gods?"
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
They said: "Did you do this to our gods O Abraham?"
Mohammad Shafi   
The polytheists said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham!?"

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
They said, 'Have you done this to our gods O Ibrahim'?
Rashad Khalifa   
They said, "Did you do this to our gods, O Abraham?"
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
'Abraham, ' they said, 'was it you who did this to our gods?
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
They said: Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
They said: "Did you make/do this with our gods, you Abraham?"
Bijan Moeinian   
They asked: “Have you done this to our gods, Abraham?”
Faridul Haque   
They said, "Did you do this to our gods, O Ibrahim?"
Sher Ali   
Then they said to Abraham, `Is it thou who has done this to our gods, O Abraham?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(When Ibrahim [Abraham] came) they said: ‘O Ibrahim (Abraham), is it you who have done this to our gods?
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(When he was brought) they said, `O Abraham! is it you who did this to our gods?
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
They said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Ibrahim (Abraham)?"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
They said, 'So, art thou the man who did this unto our gods, Abraham?
George Sale   
And when he was brought before the assembly, they said unto him, hast thou done this unto our gods, O Abraham
Edward Henry Palmer   
Said they, 'Was it thou who did this to our gods, O Abraham?
John Medows Rodwell   
They said, "Hast thou done this to our gods, O Abraham?"
N J Dawood (2014)   
‘Abraham,‘ they said, ‘was it you who did this to our deities?‘

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
They said, “Is it you who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Munir Mezyed   
They asked him: ‘Was it you who did this to our gods, O’ Abraham?’
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
They said: did you do this to our gods, oh Ibrahim (Abraham)?
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
They said, “Are you the one that did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
They said, “Are you the one who did this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
They said: "Is it you who has done this to our gods, Abraham?"
Samy Mahdy   
They said, “Did you do this with our Gods, O Abraham?”
Sayyid Qutb   
They said: 'Abraham, was it you who did this to our gods?'
Ahmed Hulusi   
They said, “Was it you, O Abraham, who did this to our gods (statues – idols)?”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
They said: �Are you the man that did this with our gods, O Abraham?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
And when he was brought over, they asked him: "Was it you Ibrahim who did this to our gods"
Mir Aneesuddin   
They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may bear witness."
The Wise Quran   
They said, 'You, you did this with our gods, O Abraham?'

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
They said, "Art thou the one that did this with our gods, O Abraham?"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
They said, "Have you done this to our gods O Ibrahim?
OLD Transliteration   
Qaloo aanta faAAalta hatha bi-alihatina ya ibraheemu