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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
فَعَلُوا۟faʿalūthey do
فَـٰحِشَةًۭfāḥishatanimmorality
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāWe found
عَلَيْهَآʿalayhāon it
ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
أَمَرَنَاamaranā(has) ordered us
بِهَا ۗbihāof it
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يَأْمُرُyamuruorder
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖbil-faḥshāiimmorality
أَتَقُولُونَataqūlūnaDo you say
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاwhat
لَاnot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disbelievers commit Sins and claim that Allah commanded Them to do so!Mujahid said, "The idolators used to go around the House (Ka`bah) in Tawaf while naked, saying, `We perform Tawaf as our mothers gave birth to us.' The woman would cover her sexual organ with something saying, `Today, some or all of it will appear, but whatever appears from it, I do not allow it (it is not for adultery or for men to enjoy looking at!).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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