The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:28
وَإِذَا
فَعَلُوا
فَاحِشَةً
قَالُوا
وَجَدْنَا
عَلَيْهَا
آبَاءَنَا
وَاللَّهُ
أَمَرَنَا
بِهَا
قُلْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
لَا
يَأْمُرُ
بِالْفَحْشَاءِ
أَتَقُولُونَ
عَلَى
اللَّهِ
مَا
لَا
تَعْلَمُونَ
wa-ʾidhā faʿalū fāḥishatan qālū wajadnā ʿalayhā ʾābāʾanā wa-llāhu ʾamaranā bihā qul ʾinna llāha lā yaʾmuru bi-l-faḥshāʾi ʾa-taqūlūna ʿalā llāhi mā lā taʿlamūna
When (The faithless) commit indecent acts they say, "We found our fathers doing this and God has commanded us to do the same." (Muhammad) tell them that God does not command anyone to commit indecency. Do you speak for God, saying things of which you have no knowledge?
