Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
He answered: “Nay, it was this one, the biggest of them, that did it: but ask them [yourselves] - provided they can speak!”
M. M. Pickthall
He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
He replied ˹sarcastically˺, “No, this one—the biggest of them—did it! So ask them, if they can talk!”
Safi Kaskas
He said, “Rather, this one, the largest of them, did it, so ask them if they are able to speak.”
Wahiduddin Khan
He answered, Rather this biggest one of them did it. Ask them, if they can speak
Shakir
He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
He said: Nay! It was accomplished by the greatest of them—this. So ask them if they had been able to speak for themselves.
T.B.Irving
He said: "Rather this biggest one of them did it. Ask them, if they are able to speak up."
Abdul Hye
(Abraham) said: “Nay, this one, the biggest of them did it. Ask them, if they can speak!”
The Study Quran
He said, “Nay, but it was the largest of them that did this. So question them, if they speak!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
He responded, “No, this, their biggest one did it. Ask them, if they can speak.”
Talal Itani (2012)
He said, 'But it was this biggest of them that did it. Ask them, if they can speak.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Ibrahim) said: “Nay, this Most High and Most Great of them has done it. Ask them (who are here with broken hands, broken legs and broken faces) if they used to talk (in the past as you claim)"
He replied, "Surely someone has done it; the chief of them, that is! Ask them, if they can speak!"
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
He said, "No indeed, it was this great one of them that performed it; so, ask them in case they (can) pronounce (a word)."
Muhammad Sarwar
He replied, "I think the biggest among them has broken the smaller ones. Ask them if they are able to speak"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
He said, .Rather, this is done by this chief of theirs. So, ask them if they can speak
Shabbir Ahmed
Abraham grabbed the opportunity of driving home the point, "Whoever did it, did it. This is their chief. Ask them if they speak."
Dr. Munir Munshey
Said, "Rather, this one, their chief did that! Therefore, ask them if they can talk!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
He said: "No, this was done by— This is the biggest one of them! Ask them, if they can speak sensibly!"
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
He said: "It was the biggest one of them here who did it, so ask them, if they do speak!"
Abdel Haleem
He said, ‘No, it was done by the biggest of them- this one. Ask them, if they can talk.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He said: rather he hath wrought it: this big one of them: so question them, if they ever speak
Ahmed Ali
"No," he said. "It was done by that chief of theirs. Ask him in case they can speak."
Aisha Bewley
He said, ´No, this one, the biggest of them, did it. Ask them if they are able to speak!´
Ali Ünal
He answered: "Rather, (some doer) must have done it – this is the biggest of them. Ask them, if they are able to speak!"
Ali Quli Qara'i
He said, ‘Rather it was this biggest of them who did it! Ask them, if they can speak.’
Hamid S. Aziz
Said he, "Nay, it was this largest of the idols. But ask them, if they can speak."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He said: “No, but this biggest of them did this, so ask them if they would talk.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
He said, “No, this was done by that, the biggest one. Ask them, if they can speak.
Musharraf Hussain
He replied, “It was the big one who did this; ask them if they can speak.”
Maududi
He answered: "Rather it was this supreme one who has done it. So ask them, if they can speak."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
He said: "It was the biggest one of them here who did it, so ask them, if they do speak!"
Mohammad Shafi
Abraham said, "Nay, it is this one — the chief of them — that has done it. So ask them, if they can speak coherently!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
He said, 'rather this big one of them would have done this, so ask them, if they can speak'.
He said, "It is that big one who did it. Go ask them, if they can speak."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
'No, ' he replied. 'It was their great one amongst them that did it. Ask them, if they are able to speak.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: Surely (someone) has done it. The chief of them is this; so ask them, if they can speak
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
He said: "But/rather their oldest/biggest , that, made/did it, so ask/question them, if they were speaking."
Bijan Moeinian
He replied: “It was the chief of your gods who did it; you may ask them yourselves and see whether or not they are even capable of speaking.”
Faridul Haque
Said he, "Rather, their chief may have done it; so question them, if they can speak."
Sher Ali
He replied, `Well, someone has surely done this. Here is the chief of them. So ask them if they can speak.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
He said: ‘Nay, this biggest (idol) of them would have done this. So ask these (very idols) if they can speak.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(Abraham) said, `Well, of course, someone has done it. Here is their chief (idol which witnessed all this). So better ask (him and) them, if they can speak.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
(Ibrahim (Abraham)) said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
He said, “Nay it was done by this the biggest one among them then ask them if they can speak.”
Munir Mezyed
He said: ‘Nay, but it was done by this, the biggest one of them! Ask them if they can speak’.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
He said: but this chief of theirs did it, so ask them if they speak.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
He said, “No, this was done by the biggest one. Ask them, if they can speak.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
He said, “Rather, it was this biggest of them that did it, so ask them, if they can talk.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
He said: "Rather this biggest one of them did it. Ask them, if they are able to speak up."
Samy Mahdy
He said, “Nay, but the grand of them, this did it. So, ask them if they were speaking.”
Sayyid Qutb
He answered: 'Nay, it was this one, the biggest of them, who did it. But ask them, if they can speak!'
Ahmed Hulusi
(Abraham) said, “No! Rather, it was the biggest one of them who did it. Ask them, if they can actually speak!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
(Abraham) said: �Nay, it was done by this, the chief of them! Ask them if they can speak�
"But it was their chief who did it", Said Ibrahim; ask them if they are able to talk!"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "Did you do this to our gods, O Ibrahim?"
The Wise Quran
He said, 'Nay, this, the largest of them, did it; but ask them if they can speak.'