وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةࣰ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَیۡهَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَاۤءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٢٨
wa-idhā faʿalū fāḥishatan qālū wajadnā ʿalayhā ābāanā wal-lahu amaranā bihā qul inna l-laha lā yamuru bil-faḥshāi ataqūlūna ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūn
Abdel Haleem: Yet when [these people] do something disgraceful, they say, ‘We found our forefathers doing this,’ and, ‘God has commanded us to do this.’ Say [Prophet], ‘God does not command disgraceful deeds. How can you say about God things that you do not know [to be true]?’

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Noun
2
faʿalū
فَعَلَ
Root: ف ع ل
Verb
3
fāḥishatan
فاحِشَة
Root: ف ح ش
Noun
4
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
5
wajadnā
وَجَدَ
Root: و ج د
Verb
6
ʿalayhā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
7
ābāanā
آباء
Root: أ ب و
Noun
8
wal-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
9
amaranā
أَمَرَ
Root: أ م ر
Verb
10
بِهَا
bihā
Noun
11
qul
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
12
inna
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
13
l-laha
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
14
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
15
yamuru
أَمَرَ
Root: أ م ر
Verb
16
bil-faḥshāi
فَحْشاء
Root: ف ح ش
Noun
17
ataqūlūna
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
18
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
19
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
20
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
21
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
22
taʿlamūna
عَلِمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb