سورة الشُّعَرَاء
Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:74
The Poets · Verse 74 of 227
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
They said, `Nay, it is not so, but we found our fathers doing likewise.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do).
Ahmed Ali
They said: "No. But we found our fathers doing so."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
They replied: "But we found our forefathers doing the same."
Daryabadi
They said: nay; but we found our fathers doing in this wise.
Faridul Haque
They said, “In fact we found our forefathers doing likewise.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.
Maulvi Sher Ali
They said, `Not so, but we found our fathers doing likewise.'
Muhammad Asad
They exclaimed: "But we found our fore-fathers doing the same!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing so."
Muhammad Pickthall
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
Muhammad Sarwar
They said, "No, but our fathers worshipped them."
Muhammed ali Shakir
They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "No; but we found our parents doing this."
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "Nay, but we found our forefathers doing this."
Commentary 26:74 The people who associate other creatures with Allâh have no proof for their dogma and merely say, “We found our fathers doing likewise.” These are just…
قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
26:74 The people who associate other creatures with Allâh have no proof for their dogma and merely say, “We found our fathers doing likewise.” These are just lame excuses, devoid of real argument.