فَما ظَنُّكُم بِرَبِّ العالَمينَ

What’s your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?”

فَنَظَرَ نَظرَةً فِي النُّجومِ

He then gazed at the stars.

فَقالَ إِنّي سَقيمٌ

And he said, “I feel unwell.”

فَتَوَلَّوا عَنهُ مُدبِرينَ

So they turned away from him, retreating.

فَراغَ إِلىٰ آلِهَتِهِم فَقالَ أَلا تَأكُلونَ

He turned towards their gods and said, “Do you not eat?”

فَراغَ عَلَيهِم ضَربًا بِاليَمينِ

He then launched a strike against them with his right hand.

فَأَقبَلوا إِلَيهِ يَزِفّونَ

They approached him, rushing toward him.

قالَ أَتَعبُدونَ ما تَنحِتونَ

He countered, “Do you worship what you carve?

وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُم وَما تَعمَلونَ

While it is God who created you and all that you make?”

قالُوا ابنوا لَهُ بُنيانًا فَأَلقوهُ فِي الجَحيمِ

They responded, “Build a furnace for him, and throw him into the flames.”