Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 22
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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Blind Imitation of Forefathers is the Greatest Misguidance:
That is, they have no textual evidence for angel worship. In no heavenly book will they find it written that angels are truly the daughters of Allah and partners in Allah’s divinity. and that you should therefore also worship and venerate them, and call upon them in times of difficulty and need. In the end, their only answer is that these customs have come down to us from our forefathers, who were more pious and righteous than us. So how can we abandon their religion? The disease of imitating forefathers or ancestors was not only found among the polytheists of that era, but it is also found among today’s Muslims, and one form of it is the imitation of their own Imams or a particular personality. Such people also give the same answer: that such-and-such person was more pious, righteous, and knowledgeable about the religion than us, so we cannot abandon their statement. Whereas the religion of Allah is only that which is mentioned in the Book and Sunnah. In comparison to the Book and Sunnah, the statement of even the greatest of personalities cannot be accepted.
