سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 53
قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿53﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "We found our fathers worshipping them."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
وَجَدْنَآ
wajadnā
We found
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
لَهَا
lahā
of them
عَـٰبِدِينَ
ʿābidīna
worshippers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
Just as even today, when Muslims entangled in ignorance and superstitions are prevented from innovations and customs of the Age of Ignorance, they respond by saying: How can we abandon these when our forefathers also used to do the same? And this is the same answer given by those who, turning away from the texts of the Book and Sunnah, consider it necessary to cling to the opinions and thoughts of scholars and elders.
