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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 60of 112

قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًۭى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe heard
فَتًۭىfatana youth
يَذْكُرُهُمْyadhkuruhummention them
يُقَالُyuqāluhe is called
لَهُۥٓlahuhe is called
إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Ibrahim broke the IdolsThen Ibrahim swore an oath, which some of his people heard, to plot against their idols, i.e., to break them and destroy them after they had gone away and turned their backs, when they went out to their festival. They had a festival which they would go out to celebrate.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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