The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:104
وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُمْ
تَعَالَوْا
إِلَى
مَا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
وَإِلَى
الرَّسُولِ
قَالُوا
حَسْبُنَا
مَا
وَجَدْنَا
عَلَيْهِ
آبَاءَنَا
أَوَلَوْ
كَانَ
آبَاؤُهُمْ
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
شَيْئًا
وَلَا
يَهْتَدُونَ
wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ʾilā mā ʾanzala llāhu wa-ʾilā r-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ʾābāʾanā ʾa-wa-law kāna ʾābāʾuhum lā yaʿlamūna shayʾan wa-lā yahtadūna
When they are told to refer to the guidance of God and to the Messenger, they say, "The tradition of our fathers is sufficient for our guidance," even though, in fact, their fathers had neither knowledge nor proper guidance.
