The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:170
وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُمُ
اتَّبِعُوا
مَا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
قَالُوا
بَلْ
نَتَّبِعُ
مَا
أَلْفَيْنَا
عَلَيْهِ
آبَاءَنَا
أَوَلَوْ
كَانَ
آبَاؤُهُمْ
لَا
يَعْقِلُونَ
شَيْئًا
وَلَا
يَهْتَدُونَ
wa-ʾidhā qīla lahumu ttabiʿū mā ʾanzala llāhu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā ʾalfaynā ʿalayhi ʾābāʾanā ʾa-wa-law kāna ʾābāʾuhum lā yaʿqilūna shayʾan wa-lā yahtadūna
When some people are asked to follow the revelations of God, they say, "We would rather follow what our fathers have followed," even though their fathers had no understanding and could not find the true guidance.
