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Verse 21of 34

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
مَآwhat
أَنزَلَanzalaAllah (has) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) revealed
قَالُوا۟qālūthey say
بَلْbalNay
نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe will follow
مَاwhat
وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanāour forefathers
أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
كَانَkānaShaitaan was
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuShaitaan was
يَدْعُوهُمْyadʿūhum(to) call them
إِلَىٰilāto
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
ٱلسَّعِيرِl-saʿīri(of) the Blaze

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Reminder of Blessings HereAllah reminds His creation of the blessings He bestows upon them in this world and the Hereafter. In the heavens He has subjugated for them the stars which give them light during the night and during the day, and He has created clouds, rain, snow and hail, and made the heavens a canopy which covers and protects them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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