Surah Luqman, ayah 21
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?
Luqman · 31:21
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- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- قِيلَqīlait is said
- لَهُمُlahumuto them
- ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
- مَآmāwhat
- أَنزَلَanzalaAllah (has) revealed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) revealed
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
- بَلْbalNay
- نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe will follow
- مَاmāwhat
- وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
- ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanāour forefathers
- أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
- كَانَkānaShaitaan was
- ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaan was
- يَدْعُوهُمْyadʿūhum(to) call them
- إِلَىٰilāto
- عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
- ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze
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