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Verse 173of 206

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةًۭ مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ﴿١٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlūyou say
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أَشْرَكَashrakapartners (were) associated (with Allah)
ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā(by) our forefathers
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore (us)
وَكُنَّاwakunnāand we are
ذُرِّيَّةًۭdhurriyyatandescendants
مِّنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihimafter them
أَفَتُهْلِكُنَاafatuh'likunāSo will You destroy us
بِمَاbimāfor what
فَعَلَfaʿaladid
ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūnathe falsifiers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Covenant taken from the Descendants of AdamAllah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified against themselves that Allah is their Lord and King and that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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