The Holy Quran 21:61 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

قَالُوا۟ فَأْتُوا۟ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْهَدُونَ

Translation

They said, “Bring him before the people so that (if he admits to the act,) they may be witnesses (to his admission)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Questioning Ibrahim ﵇ before the whole assembly: that is, let him be summoned and his statement be taken openly before the public assembly, so that all the people, seeing the matter and hearing his words for themselves, may bear witness that whatever punishment the people impose on him, he certainly deserved it.

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