Sura 7 Al-A'raf (The Heights), ayah 28
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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Translation by words
- وَإِذَا
- And when
- فَعَلُوا۟
- they do
- فَٰحِشَةً
- immorality
- قَالُوا۟
- they say,
- وَجَدْنَا
- "We found
- عَلَيْهَآ
- on it
- ءَابَآءَنَا
- our forefathers
- وَٱللَّهُ
- and Allah
- أَمَرَنَا
- (has) ordered us
- بِهَا
- of it."
- قُلْ
- Say,
- إِنَّ
- "Indeed,
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- لَا
- (does) not
- يَأْمُرُ
- order
- بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ
- immorality.
- أَتَقُولُونَ
- Do you say
- عَلَى
- about
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah
- مَا
- what
- لَا
- not
- تَعْلَمُونَ
- you know?"
And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"
7:28
Translation: Saheeh International