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
Abdel Haleem: 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

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Noun
2
qīla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
3
لَهُمُ
lahumu
Noun
4
ittabiʿū
اتَّبَعَ
Root: ت ب ع
Verb
5
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
6
anzala
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
7
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
8
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
9
bal
بَل
Root: ب ل
Prep.
10
nattabiʿu
اتَّبَعَ
Root: ت ب ع
Verb
11
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
12
alfaynā
أَلْفَ
Root: ل ف و
Verb
13
ʿalayhi
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
14
ābāanā
آباء
Root: أ ب و
Noun
15
awalaw
لَو
Root: ل و
Prep.
16
kāna
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
17
ābāuhum
آباء
Root: أ ب و
Noun
18
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
19
yaʿqilūna
عَقَلُ
Root: ع ق ل
Verb
20
shayan
شَىْء
Root: ش ي أ
Noun
21
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
22
yahtadūna
اهْتَدَى
Root: ه د ي
Verb