قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٥٣
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- وَجَدۡنَآWe foundwajadnā
- ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
- لَهَاof themlahā
- عَٰبِدِينَworshippersʿābidīna
Tafsir
His people said to him: “We found our forefathers worshipping them, so we also worshipped them following their example.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran