قَالُوا۟ They said qālū O Salih yāṣāliḥu Verily qad you were kunta among us fīnā the one in whom hope was placed marjuwwan before qabla this hādhā Do you forbid us atanhānā that an we worship naʿbuda what mā our forefathers worshipped yaʿbudu our forefathers worshipped ābāunā And indeed we wa-innanā surely (are) in lafī doubt shakkin about what mimmā you call us tadʿūnā to it ilayhi suspicious murībin
They said, "O Ṣāliḥ, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."