Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:104

5:104

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ

wa-idhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ilā mā anzala l-lahu wa-ilā l-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna ābāuhum lā yaʿlamūna shayan walā yahtadūna

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allāh has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

— Saheeh International

when it is said to them, ‘Come to what God has sent down, and to the Messenger,’ they say, ‘What we inherited from our forefathers is good enough for us,’ even though their forefathers knew nothing and were not guided.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when it is said to them: "Come to what Allâh has revealed and unto the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم for the verdict of that which you have made unlawful)." They say: "Enough for us is that which we found our fathers following," even though their fathers had no knowledge whatsoever nor guidance.

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

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
إِلَىٰilāto
مَآmāwhat
أَنزَلَanzalahas (been) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
حَسْبُنَاḥasbunāSufficient for us
مَاmā(is) what
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
ءَابَآءَنَآۚābāanāour forefathers
أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
كَانَkāna(that)
ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
لَاlā(were) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknowing
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey (were) guided