سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 74
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿74﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They said: "(Nay) but we found our fathers doing so."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
وَجَدْنَآ
wajadnā
but we found
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
like that
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
doing
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.
74-1. When they could not give any reasonable answer to the question of Hazrat Ibrahim ؑ, they tried to escape by saying that this is what we have seen from our forefathers, we cannot abandon it.
