Translation of the meanings Ayah 74 Surah Al-An‘ām - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 74

۞ وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ءَازَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصۡنَامًا ءَالِهَةً إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكَ وَقَوۡمَكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ

(74) ^[1406]˹Mention˺ When Ibrāhīm ˹Abraham˺ said to his father, Āzar: “Do you take on idols as gods! Indeed I see you and your people in apparent misguidance”.

[1406] The direct addressees here are the Qurayshites, who rightly considered themselves as the descendants of Abraham (عليه السلام), being the offspring of Ishmael (عليه السلام). They also considered their religion linked to him, although being only remotely related to his ḥanīfiyyah in the most rudimentary of terms. This is why he is cited in argument against them, giving them insight as to how he came to be the true Believer in God and His Signs that he was; having to read cosmic Signs to reach this conclusion (cf. Abū Ḥayyān).