Tafsir of As-Saffat 37:85

Surah As-Saffat 37:85

ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰ

[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?

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(When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?")

(It is) in apposition to the first "when" (idh), or it is an adverbial modifier for "he came" (ja'a) or for "sound" (salim—referring to the phrase "with a sound heart"), meaning: "What kind of thing is it that you worship?"