The Holy Quran 5:104 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

Translation

When it is told to them (the Kuffaar), "Come towards what Allaah has revealed and towards the Rasool," they say, "What we found our forefathers practising is (enough) sufficient for us!" (Will they follow their forefathers) even though their forefathers did not understood anything (did not have the relevant knowledge) and were not rightly guided (had no divine guidance)?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Blind following of forefathers: the greatest argument of the ignorant is always this: how can we go against what has been done since the time of our fathers and grandfathers? They were told: if your forebears, through lack of sense or through going astray, fell into the abyss of ruin, will you still follow their path?

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