Surah Luqman (لقمان) • Luqman

Quran 31:21

31:21

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittabiʿū mā anzala l-lahu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna l-shayṭānu yadʿūhum ilā ʿadhābi l-saʿīri

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

— Saheeh International

When they are told, ‘Follow what God has sent down,’ they say: ‘We shall follow what we saw our forefathers following.’ What! Even if Satan is calling them to the suffering of the Blazing Flame?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when it is said to them: "Follow that which Allâh has sent down", they say: "Nay, we shall follow that which we found our fathers (following)." (Would they do so) even if Shaitân (Satan) invites them to the torment of the Fire?

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
مَآmāwhat
أَنزَلَanzalaAllah (has) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) revealed
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
بَلْbalNay
نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe will follow
مَاmāwhat
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
ءَابَآءَنَآۚābāanāour forefathers
أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
كَانَkānaShaitaan was
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaan was
يَدْعُوهُمْyadʿūhum(to) call them
إِلَىٰilāto
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze