ٱلْمَائِدَة : ١٠٤

  • وَإِذَا And when
  • قِيلَ it is said
  • لَهُمۡ to them
  • تَعَالَوۡاْ Come
  • إِلَىٰ to
  • مَآ what
  • أَنزَلَ has (been) revealed
  • ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah
  • وَإِلَى and to
  • ٱلرَّسُولِ the Messenger
  • قَالُواْ they said
  • حَسۡبُنَا Sufficient for us
  • مَا (is) what
  • وَجَدۡنَا we found
  • عَلَيۡهِ upon it
  • ءَابَآءَنَآۚ our forefathers
  • أَوَلَوۡ Even though
  • كَانَ (that)
  • ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ their forefathers
  • لَا not
  • يَعۡلَمُونَ knowing
  • شَيۡـٔٗا anything
  • وَلَا and not
  • يَهۡتَدُونَ they (were) guided
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?
And when it is said to them, 'Come to what God has revealed and to the Messenger', that is, to His ruling concerning the permitting of what you have forbidden, they say, 'What we have found our fathers following suffices us', in the way of religion and laws. God, exalted be He, says: What, does that suffice them, even if their fathers knew nothing and were not guided?, to any truth (the interrogative is meant as a disavowal).