Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 170

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 170

Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo maanzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfaynaAAalayhi abaana awa law kana abaohumla yaAAqiloona shay-an wala yahtadoon

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1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. قِيلَqīlait is said
3. لَهُمُlahumuto them
4. ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ittabiʿūFollow
5. مَآmāwhat
6. أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
7. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
8. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
9. بَلْbalNay
10. نَتَّبِعُnattabiʿuwe follow
11. مَآmāwhat
12. أَلْفَيْنَاalfaynāwe found
13. عَلَيْهِʿalayhi[on it]
14. ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗābāanāour forefathers (following)
15. أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
16. كَانَkāna[were]
17. ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
18. لَاlā(did) not
19. يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūnaunderstand
20. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
21. وَلَاwalāand not
22. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnawere they guided