Quran 26:74 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!”
- Sahih International
- They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 3 | وَجَدْنَآwajadnā | but we found | وجد |
| 4 | ءَابَآءَنَاābāanā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 5 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | like that | — |
| 6 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | doing | فعل |