سورة البقرة، الآية ١٧٠Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 170 (2:170)
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلۡفَيۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ شَيۡـًٔا وَلَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٧٠
The meaning in English
When it is said to them: "Follow what Allâh has sent down." They say: "Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following." (Would they do that!) even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan, King Fahd Complex
التفسير الميسر
وإذا قال المؤمنون ناصحين أهل الضلال: اتبعوا ما أنزل الله من القرآن والهدى، أصرُّوا على تقليد أسلافهم المشركين قائلين: لا نتبع دينكم، بل نتبع ما وجدنا عليه آباءنا. أيتبعون آباءهم ولو كانوا لا يعقلون عن الله شيئًا، ولا يدركون رشدًا؟
التفسير الميسر، مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف
Word by word
| # | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | wa-idhā | And when |
| 2 | qīla | it is said |
| 3 | lahumu | to them |
| 4 | ittabiʿū | Follow |
| 5 | mā | what |
| 6 | anzala | has revealed |
| 7 | l-lahu | Allah |
| 8 | qālū | they said |
| 9 | bal | Nay |
| 10 | nattabiʿu | we follow |
| 11 | mā | what |
| 12 | alfaynā | we found |
| 13 | ʿalayhi | [on it] |
| 14 | ābāanā | our forefathers (following) |
| 15 | awalaw | Even though |
| 16 | kāna | [were] |
| 17 | ābāuhum | their forefathers |
| 18 | lā | (did) not |
| 19 | yaʿqilūna | understand |
| 20 | shayan | anything |
| 21 | walā | and not |
| 22 | yahtadūna | were they guided |