Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 104
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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ قَالُوا حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذَا
- And when
- قِيلَ
- it is said
- لَهُمْ
- to them,
- تَعَالَوْا۟
- "Come
- إِلَىٰ
- to
- مَآ
- what
- أَنزَلَ
- has (been) revealed
- ٱللَّهُ
- (by) Allah
- وَإِلَى
- and to
- ٱلرَّسُولِ
- the Messenger,"
- قَالُوا۟
- they said,
- حَسْبُنَا
- "Sufficient for us
- مَا
- (is) what
- وَجَدْنَا
- we found
- عَلَيْهِ
- upon it
- ءَابَآءَنَآ
- our forefathers."
- أَوَلَوْ
- Even though
- كَانَ
- (that)
- ءَابَآؤُهُمْ
- their forefathers
- لَا
- (were) not
- يَعْلَمُونَ
- knowing
- شَيْـًٔا
- anything
- وَلَا
- and not
- يَهْتَدُونَ
- they (were) guided?
And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?
5:104
Translation: Saheeh International