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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 104of 120

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ﴿١٠٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
إِلَىٰilāto
مَآwhat
أَنزَلَanzalahas (been) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
حَسْبُنَاḥasbunāSufficient for us
مَا(is) what
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanāour forefathers
أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
كَانَkāna(that)
ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
لَا(were) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknowing
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَلَاwalāand not
يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey (were) guided

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Meaning of Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and HamAl-Bukhari recorded that Sa`id bin Al-Musayyib said, "The Bahirah is a female camel whose milk was spared for the idols and no one was allowed to milk it. The Sa'ibah is a female camel let loose for free pasture for the idols, and nothing was allowed to be carried on it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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