وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā it is said qīla to them lahumu Follow ittabiʿū what mā has revealed anzala Allah l-lahu they said qālū Nay bal we follow nattabiʿu what mā we found alfaynā [on it] ʿalayhi our forefathers (following) ābāanā Even though awalaw [were] kāna their forefathers ābāuhum (did) not lā understand yaʿqilūna anything shayan and not walā were they guided yahtadūna
And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allāh has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
وَمَثَلُ And (the) example wamathalu (of) those who alladhīna disbelieve[d] kafarū (is) like (the) example kamathali (of) the one who alladhī shouts yanʿiqu at what bimā not lā (does) hear yasmaʿu except illā calls duʿāan and cries wanidāan deaf ṣummun dumb buk'mun (and) blind ʿum'yun [so] they fahum (do) not lā understand yaʿqilūna
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.