تكسير الأصنامConceptBreaking Of The Idols in the Quranتكسير الأصنامHistory5Verses2Surahs3Connections#571of 828

Key Verses

1. 21:57Al-Anbiya
   وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ
   And, by Allah, I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs.
   In context

   And in a manner inaudible to his people, Abraham said, “By Allah! Once you have left your idols to go to your festival, I shall hatch a plot concerning them that you shall hate.”

2. 21:58Al-Anbiya
   فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرٗا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ
   Then he reduced them to fragments, all save the chief of them, that haply they might have recourse to it.
   In context

   So Abraham broke the idols into small pieces, and left the biggest of them hoping that the people return to it to ask it who smashed the others.

3. 21:63Al-Anbiya
   قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ
   He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.
   In context

   Sarcastically, exposing the helplessness of the idols to the people, Abraham said, “I did not do it; rather, the biggest idol did it. Ask your idols, if indeed they are capable of speaking!”

4. 37:92As-Saffat
   مَا لَكُمۡ لَا تَنطِقُونَ
   What aileth you that ye speak not?
   In context

   “What is the matter with you that you do not speak, nor answer whoever asks you? Can this type of thing be worshipped instead of Allah?”

5. 37:93As-SaffatWarning
   فَرَاغَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ضَرۡبَۢا بِٱلۡيَمِينِ
   Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
   In context

   Then, Abraham started hitting them with his right hand, intending to break them.