Al-Anbiya 21:63

<h2>How Ibrahim broke the Idols</h2><p>Then Ibrahim swore an oath, which some of his people heard, to plot against their idols, i.e., to break them and destroy them after they had gone away and turned their backs, when they went out to their festival. They had a festival which they would go out to celebrate. Abu Ishaq reported from Abu Al-Ahwas from `Abdullah Ibn Mas`ud, "When the people of Ibrahim went out to celebrate their festival, they passed by him and said, `O Ibrahim, are you not coming out with us' He said, `I am sick.' " It was only the day before that he had said,</p><p>وَتَاللَّهِ لأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـمَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدْبِرِينَ</p><p>(And by Allah, I shall plot a plan for your idols after you have gone away and turned your backs.) and some of the people had heard him.</p><p>فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذاً</p><p>(So he broke them to pieces,) means, he smashed them all, except for the biggest idol. This is like the Ayah,</p><p>فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْباً بِالْيَمِينِ</p><p>(Then he turned upon them, striking (them) with (his) right hand) 37:93.</p><p>لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ</p><p>(that they might turn to it. ) It was said that he put a hammer in the hands of the biggest idol so that the …

He said: But this, their chief hath done it. So question them, if they can speak.

He said: "Nay, this was done by - this is their biggest one! ask them, if they can speak intelligently!"

[Ibrahim (Abraham)] said: "Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it. Ask them, if they can speak!"

He said, “But it was this biggest of them that did it. Ask them, if they can speak.”