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قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Word by word

قَالُوا۟

They said

Verb

Root: قول

Grammar (i'rab)

قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.

وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

بَلْ

Nay

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

بَلْPreposition — retraction

وَجَدْنَآ

but we found

Verb

Root: وجد

Grammar (i'rab)

وَجَدْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.

نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

ءَابَآءَنَا

our forefathers

Noun

Root: أبو

Grammar (i'rab)

ءَابَآءَNoun — masc. plur.، accusative

نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

كَذَٰلِكَ

like that

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

كَPreposition — preposition، prefix

ذَٰNoun — demonstrative، masc. sing.

لِPreposition — distance، suffix

كَPreposition — addressee، suffix، masculine

يَفْعَلُونَ

doing

Verb

Root: فعل

Grammar (i'rab)

يَفْعَلُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.

ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

"Hayır ama, babalarımızı da bu şekilde ibadet ederken bulduk" demişlerdi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

"Yok, dediler, ama biz babalarımızı böyle yapar bulduk."

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onlar “Hayır ama biz babalarımızı böyle yapar bulduk!” cevabını vermişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

قالوا: لا يكون منهم شيء من ذلك، ولكننا وجدنا آباءنا يعبدونهم، فقلَّدناهم فيما كانوا يفعلون.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution