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Al-Baqarah (The Cow) · Ayah 170

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ 170

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?

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
noun
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
noun
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
مَآwhat
noun
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
بَلْbalNay
نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe follow
مَآwhat
noun
أَلْفَيْنَاalfaynāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on it]
noun
ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗābāanāour forefathers (following)
أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
noun
كَانَkāna[were]
ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
لَا(did) not
يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnawere they guided
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