He said, “No, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who has created them, and I am one of those who bear witness to it.

And I swear by Allah that I will devise something against your idols after you have gone away turning your backs.”

Then, he turned all of them into pieces, except the big one of them, so that they may come back to it.

They said, “Who has done this to our gods? He is one of the wrongdoers indeed.”

Some of them said, “We have heard a youth talking about them. He is called Ibrāhīm.”

They said, “Then, bring him before the eyes of the people, so that they may see”.

They said, “Is it you O Ibrāhīm who has done this to our gods?”

He said, “Rather, this is done by this chief of theirs. So, ask them if they can speak.”

So they turned to one another and said, “In fact, you yourselves are the wrongdoers.”

Then, hanging their heads they reversed their position (and replied to Ibrāhīm,) “You already knew that they do not speak.”

He said, “Do you then worship, beside Allah, what does neither benefit you in the least nor harm you?