Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:74

26:74

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

— Saheeh International

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said: "(Nay) but we found our fathers doing so."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
بَلْbalNay
وَجَدْنَآwajadnābut we found
ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikalike that
يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing