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Al-A'raf 28

Ayah 28 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَٰحِشَةٗ قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٨

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allāh has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allāh does not order immorality. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. فَعَلُواْthey dofaʿalū
  3. فَٰحِشَةٗimmoralityfāḥishatan
  4. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  5. وَجَدۡنَاWe foundwajadnā
  6. عَلَيۡهَآon itʿalayhā
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
  8. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  9. أَمَرَنَا(has) ordered usamaranā
  10. بِهَاۗof itbihā
  11. قُلۡSayqul
  12. إِنَّIndeedinna
  13. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  14. لَا(does) notlā
  15. يَأۡمُرُorderyamuru
  16. بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖimmoralitybil-faḥshāi
  17. أَتَقُولُونَDo you sayataqūlūna
  18. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  19. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  20. مَاwhatmā
  21. لَاnotlā
  22. تَعۡلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

If the idolaters commit an indecent act, they defend it, saying they found their fathers doing it and that Allah had commanded them to do it. Tell them O Muhammad: 'Indeed Allah does not command the wrong, rather, He forbids it, so how can you claim such a thing about Him? Or are you O Idolators inventing things about Allah, saying what you do not know about Him?'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran