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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [26:74] | Qaloo bal wajadna abaanakathalika yafAAaloona |  قالوا بل وجدنا آباءنا كذلك يفعلونقَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | وہ بولے: (یہ تو معلوم نہیں) لیکن ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایسا ہی کرتے پایا تھا | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
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| Ahmed Ali | کہنے لگے بلکہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایسا کرتے پایا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | بولے بلکہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایسا ہی کرتے پایا، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | انہوں نے کہا: نہیں بلکہ پایا ہے ہم نے اپنے آباؤ اجداد کو ایسا ہی کرتے ہُوئے۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | انہوں نے کہا (نہیں) بلکہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو اسی طرح کرتے دیکھا ہے | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | بولے نہیں پر ہم نے پایا اپنے باپ دادوں کو یہی کام کرتے | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | انہوں نے جواب دیا "نہیں، بلکہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایسا ہی کرتے پایا ہے" | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | They said: "But we found our fathers as/like that they make/do ." | ||||||
| Yusuf Ali | They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)." | ||||||
| Pickthal | They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise. | ||||||
| Arberry | They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.' | ||||||
| Shakir | They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so. | ||||||
| Sarwar | They said, "No, but our fathers worshipped them." | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | They said, But we found our fathers doing thus. | ||||||
| Malik | They replied: "No! But we found our forefathers doing so."[75] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so. | ||||||
| Free Minds | They said: "No, but we found our fathers doing the same." | ||||||
| Qaribullah | They replied: 'No, but we found our fathers doing so. ' | ||||||
| George Sale | They answered, but we found our fathers do the same. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | They said, "But we found our Fathers do the like." | ||||||
| Asad | They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!" [The particle bal at the beginning of the sentence expresses astonishment. Thus, evading a direct answer to Abraham's criticism of idol-worship, his people merely stress its antiquity, forgetting - as Zamakhshari points out - that "ancient usage and precedence in time are no proof of [a concept] soundness". Razi, for his part, states that the above verse represents "one of the strongest [Quranic] indications of the immorality (fasad) inherent in [the principle of] taqlid", i.e., the blind, unquestioning adoption of religious concepts or practices on the basis of ones uncritical faith in no more than the "authority" of a scholar or religious leader.] | ||||||
| Khalifa** | They said, "No; but we found our parents doing this." | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing so." | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | They said, "Nay, but we found our forefathers doing this." | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 26 - Ash-Shu'araa | Showing verse 74 of 227 in chapter 26 | |||||
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