ٱلْأَعْرَاف : ٢٨

  • وَإِذَا And when
  • فَعَلُواْ they do
  • فَٰحِشَةٗ immorality
  • قَالُواْ they say
  • وَجَدۡنَا We found
  • عَلَيۡهَآ on it
  • ءَابَآءَنَا our forefathers
  • وَٱللَّهُ and Allah
  • أَمَرَنَا (has) ordered us
  • بِهَاۗ of it
  • قُلۡ Say
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • لَا (does) not
  • يَأۡمُرُ order
  • بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ immorality
  • أَتَقُولُونَ Do you say
  • عَلَى about
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • مَا what
  • لَا not
  • تَعۡلَمُونَ you know
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?"
And when they commit any indecency, such as idolatry, or circumambulating the [Sacred] House naked, saying, 'We cannot perform the circumambulations wearing clothes in which we were disobedient to God' - and so they forbade this [wearing of clothes] - they say, 'We found our fathers practising it, and so we followed their example, and God has, also, enjoined it on us'. Say, to them: 'God does not enjoin indecency. Do you say concerning God that which you do not know?', that He has said? (the interrogative is meant as a repudiation).