Surat Ash-Shu‘ara’ Verse No. 71: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 71 from Surah Ash-Shu‘ara’ : Number of verses 227 - - page 370 - Part 19.
﴾قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ أَصۡنَامٗا فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَٰكِفِينَ ﴿
[ الشعراء: 71]
They said: "We worship idols, and to them we are ever devoted."
English - Sahih International
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(26:71) They answered, "These are idols which we worship and we serve them devotedly." *52
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*52) Though everybody knew that they worshipped idols, their answer implied that they were firm in faith and their hearts were satisfied with it, as if to say, "We also know that these are idols of stone and wood, which we worship, but our faith demands that we should serve and worship them devotedly."
Source : Ash-Shu‘ara’ Verse 71: They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."