قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧٤
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- بَلۡNaybal
- وَجَدۡنَآbut we foundwajadnā
- ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
- كَذَٰلِكَlike that kadhālika
- يَفۡعَلُونَdoingyafʿalūna
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran