Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 170
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ
And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
Al-Baqarah · 2:170
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- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- قِيلَqīlait is said
- لَهُمُlahumuto them
- ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
- مَآmāwhat
- أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- بَلْbalNay
- نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe follow
- مَآmāwhat
- أَلْفَيْنَاalfaynāwe found
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on it]
- ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗābāanāour forefathers (following)
- أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
- كَانَkāna[were]
- ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
- لَاlā(did) not
- يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
- وَلَاwalāand not
- يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnawere they guided
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