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Al-Ma'idah 104

Ayah 104 of 120 · Medinan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ تَعَالَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُواْ حَسۡبُنَا مَا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآۚ أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٠٤

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allāh has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  4. تَعَالَوۡاْCometaʿālaw
  5. إِلَىٰtoilā
  6. مَآwhatmā
  7. أَنزَلَhas (been) revealedanzala
  8. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  9. وَإِلَىand towa-ilā
  10. ٱلرَّسُولِthe Messengerl-rasūli
  11. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  12. حَسۡبُنَاSufficient for usḥasbunā
  13. مَا(is) whatmā
  14. وَجَدۡنَاwe foundwajadnā
  15. عَلَيۡهِupon itʿalayhi
  16. ءَابَآءَنَآۚour forefathersābāanā
  17. أَوَلَوۡEven thoughawalaw
  18. كَانَ(that)kāna
  19. ءَابَآؤُهُمۡtheir forefathersābāuhum
  20. لَا(were) notlā
  21. يَعۡلَمُونَknowingyaʿlamūna
  22. شَيۡـٔٗاanythingshayan
  23. وَلَاand notwalā
  24. يَهۡتَدُونَthey (were) guidedyahtadūna

Tafsir

When it is said to these people who make up lies about Allah, with respect to forbidding certain livestock: Come towards the Qur’ān that Allah revealed and to the path of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so that you can learn the lawful and the unlawful – they say: The beliefs, statements and actions we have taken and inherited from our predecessors is enough for us. How could this be enough for them when their predecessors did not know anything and were not guided to the truth? Only the person who is more ignorant and misguided than them follows them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran