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Luqman 21

Ayah 21 of 34 · Meccan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآۚ أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ يَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ ٢١

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمُto themlahumu
  4. ٱتَّبِعُواْFollowittabiʿū
  5. مَآwhatmā
  6. أَنزَلَAllah (has) revealedanzala
  7. ٱللَّهُAllah (has) revealedl-lahu
  8. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  9. بَلۡNaybal
  10. نَتَّبِعُwe will follownattabiʿu
  11. مَاwhatmā
  12. وَجَدۡنَاwe foundwajadnā
  13. عَلَيۡهِon itʿalayhi
  14. ءَابَآءَنَآۚour forefathersābāanā
  15. أَوَلَوۡEven ifawalaw
  16. كَانَShaitaan waskāna
  17. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُShaitaan wasl-shayṭānu
  18. يَدۡعُوهُمۡ(to) call themyadʿūhum
  19. إِلَىٰtoilā
  20. عَذَابِ(the) punishmentʿadhābi
  21. ٱلسَّعِيرِ(of) the Blazel-saʿīri

Tafsir

If it is said to these disputers regarding the oneness of Allah, “Follow the revelation Allah has revealed to His Messenger!” they say, “I will not follow it, rather, I will follow in the worship of idols that I found our forefathers doing.” Will they follow their forefathers even though Satan is the one calling them towards deviance by inviting them to worship idols, that will lead them to the punishment of a blazing fire on the Day of Judgement?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran