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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
لَهُمُlahumuto them
noun
مَآmāwhat
noun
بَلْbalNay
مَآmāwhat
noun
عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on it]
noun
أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
noun
لَاlā(did) not
وَلَاwalāand not
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