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?