Quran 21:58 Translations ⓘ

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Transliteration

FajaAAalahum juthathan illa kabeeran lahum laAAallahum ilayhi yarjiAAoona

Ahmad Ali

So he smashed them up to pieces with the exception of the biggest, so that they may turn to it.

Ali Qarai

So he broke them into pieces—all except the biggest of them—so that they might come back to it.

Amhad Khan

He shattered them all, except the biggest among them, that perhaps they may question it.

Arberry

So he broke them into fragments, all but a great one they had, for haply they would return to it.

Corpus Quran

So he made them (into) pieces except a large (one) of them, so that they may to it return.

Daryabadi

Then he made them fragments, all except the big one of them, that haply unto it they may return.

Hilali & Khan

So he broke them to pieces, (all) except the biggest of them, that they might turn to it.

Maududi

Then he broke them all into pieces, sparing only the supreme one among them that they may possibly return to him.

Muhammad Sarwar

He broke all the idols into pieces, except the biggest among them so that perhaps people would refer to it.

Muhammad Shakir

So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it.

Pickthall

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

Qaribullah

He broke them all into pieces, except their great one so that they might return to it.

Sahih Intl

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

Talal Itani

So he reduced them into pieces, except for their biggest, that they may return to it.

Wahihuddin Khan

He broke them all into pieces, except for the biggest one of them, so that they might return to it [for enquiry].

Yusuf Ali

So he broke them to pieces, (all) but the biggest of them, that they might turn (and address themselves) to it.