Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 28
وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"
Al-A'raf · 7:28
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey do
- فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanimmorality
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- وَجَدْنَاwajadnāWe found
- عَلَيْهَآʿalayhāon it
- ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
- أَمَرَنَاamaranā(has) ordered us
- بِهَا ۗbihāof it
- قُلْqulSay
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَأْمُرُyamuruorder
- بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖbil-faḥshāiimmorality
- أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūnaDo you say
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مَاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know
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