The Cow — Verse 170

2:170 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذَا wa-idhā
And when Noun
قِيلَ qīla
it is said V
لَهُمُ lahumu
to them Noun
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ ittabiʿū
Follow V
مَآ mā
what Noun
أَنزَلَ anzala
has revealed V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
Allah Noun
قَالُوا۟ qālū
they said V
بَلْ bal
Nay Prep
نَتَّبِعُ nattabiʿu
we follow V
مَآ mā
what Noun
أَلْفَيْنَا alfaynā
we found V
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi
[on it] Prep
ءَابَآءَنَآ ābāanā
our forefathers (following) Noun
أَوَلَوْ awalaw
Even though Prep
كَانَ kāna
[were] V
ءَابَآؤُهُمْ ābāuhum
their forefathers Noun
لَا lā
(did) not Prep
يَعْقِلُونَ yaʿqilūna
understand V
شَيْـًٔا shayan
anything Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
يَهْتَدُونَ yahtadūna
were they guided V

But when it is said to them, ‘Follow the message that God has sent down,’ they answer, ‘We follow the ways of our fathers.’ What! Even though their fathers understood nothing and were not guided

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَاۤ أَلۡفَیۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ ءَابَاۤءَنَاۤۚ أَوَ لَوۡ كَانَ ءَابَاۤؤُهُمۡ لَا یَعۡقِلُونَ شَیۡءࣰا وَلَا یَهۡتَدُونَ ۝١٧٠

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittabiʿū mā anzala l-lahu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā alfaynā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna ābāuhum lā yaʿqilūna shayan walā yahtadūn

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