Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:74 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 74 / 227 · Page 370
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Word by Word
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
وَجَدْنَا
wajadna
but we found
آبَاءَنَا
abaana
our forefathers
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
like that
يَفْعَلُونَ
yaf 'aluna
doing
Transliteration
Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon
Translation
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They said, They do not hear us when we supplicate to them, nor do they benefit us when we feed them, nor harm us if we disobey them. However, the reality is that we found our forefathers doing that, so we follow them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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