Quran-26:71 Surah Ash-shuara English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ

Transliteration:( Qaaloo na'budu asnaaman fanazallu lahaa 'aakifeen )

71.They said, we worship idols, and we remain devoted to them. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(71) They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted." (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Ash-Shuara Ayat 71 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

71.They said, we worship idols, and we remain devoted to them.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Ash-Shura verse 71 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Shura ayat 69 which provides the complete commentary from verse 69 through 77.

(26:71) They answered: “There are some idols that we worship and are devoted to them with constancy.”[52]

Ala-Maududi

(26:71) They answered: “There are some idols that we worship and are devoted to them with constancy.”[52]


52. Though everybody knew that they worshiped idols, their answer implied that they were firm in faith and their hearts were satisfied with it, as if to say: We also know that these are idols of stone and wood, which we worship, but our faith demands that we should serve and worship them devotedly.

(71) They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."

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