Quran 5:104 — Al-Maaida, verse 104
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
when it is said to them, ‘Come to what God has sent down, and to the Messenger,’ they say, ‘What we inherited from our forefathers is good enough for us,’ even though their forefathers knew nothing and were not guided.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُولِ قَالُوا حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَنَا ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ
wa-idhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ilā mā anzala l-lahu wa-ilā l-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna ābāuhum lā yaʿlamūna shayan walā yahtadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when it is said to them, 'Come now to what God has sent down, and the Messenger, they say, 'Enough for us is what we found our fathers doing.' What, even if their fathers had knowledge of naught and were not guided?
- Muhammad Asad
- for when they are told, "Come unto that which God has bestowed from on high, and unto the Apostle" - they answer, "Enough for us is that which we found our forefathers believing in and doing." Why, even though their forefathers knew nothing, and were devoid of all guidance?
- Sahih International
- 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?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 4 | تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw | Come | علو |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 6 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 7 | أَنزَلَanzala | has (been) revealed | نزل |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 9 | وَإِلَىwa-ilā | and to | — |
| 10 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | the Messenger | رسل |
| 11 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 12 | حَسْبُنَاḥasbunā | Sufficient for us | حسب |
| 13 | مَاmā | (is) what | — |
| 14 | وَجَدْنَاwajadnā | we found | وجد |
| 15 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon it | — |
| 16 | ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 17 | أَوَلَوْawalaw | Even though | — |
| 18 | كَانَkāna | (that) | كون |
| 19 | ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhum | their forefathers | أبو |
| 20 | لَاlā | (were) not | — |
| 21 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | knowing | علم |
| 22 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 23 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 24 | يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūna | they (were) guided | هدي |