Adh-Dhariyat Verse 27

and placed it before them, asking, “Will you not eat?”

and placed it before them and said, “Will you not eat?”

and he laid it before them saying, 'Will you not eat?'

and placed it before them. ‘Will you not eat?’ he said,

And he set it before them, and said: wherefore eat ye not?

And placed it before them.. he said, "Will ye not eat?"

and laid it before them, saying: “Will you not eat?”

And placing it before them said: "Won't you eat?"

He then presented it before them and said, “Do you not eat?”

and put it near them. He said, ‘Will you not eat?’

He placed it before them, and said: "Will you not eat?"

And he placed it before them. (Seeing their hesitation) he said, `Will you not eat?´

So he neared/approached it to them, he said: "Do you not eat?"

He then presented it before them and said, “Do you not eat?”

And placed it before them. He said, "What! Will you not eat?"

And placed it before them, (saying): "Will you not eat?"

Then he turned aside to his family and brought a fat calf.

So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat?

And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?

He placed it before them. Then he said, "Why are you not eating?"

He set it before them, saying: 'Will you not eat'

And placed it before them (saying): "Will you not eat"

and placed it before them. "Will you not eat?" he said,

He set it before them. He said, “Will you not eat?”

and he placed it near them saying, `Will you not eat?'; he invited them to eat, but they did not respond.

فَقَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ

And placed it before them, (brought it close to them),

قَالَ أَلَاا تَأْكُلُونَ



Saying, "Will you not eat?"

Ibrahim said this polite and kind statement to his guests, and surely, this Ayah indicates proper manners for honoring guests. For he brought the food to his guests quickly, while they were unaware that it was being prepared for them. He did not first mention this favor to them by saying, "We will make food for you." Rather, he discretely had it prepared and placed before them. He prepared the best kind of food he had, a young, fat roasted calf. He did not place the food far from them and invite them to come close to it to eat. Rather, he placed it close to them and refrained from ordering them to eat. Instead he invited them using a kind and subtle invitation,
أَلَا تَأْكُلُونَ
(Will you not eat?)

This statement is similar to one of us saying to a guest,

"Would you be kind and generous to do such and such"

Allah the Exalted said