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(170) وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ
قَالُواْ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءنَا أَوَلَوْ كَانَ
آبَاؤُهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئاً وَلاَ يَهْتَدُونَ
(171) وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لاَ
يَسْمَعُ إِلاَّ دُعَاء وَنِدَاء صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ
170. " And when they are told: ' Follow what Allah has sent down,' they say:
' Nay! We follow what we found our fathers upon,' even though their fathers had
no understanding of anything nor were they guided aright."
171. " And the parable of those who reject Faith is as the likeness of
the one who shouts to that which hears no more than a call and a cry;
deaf, dumb, and blind (are they) wherefore they do not understand.
Commentary:
Blind following of the ancestors is condemned
The previous verse warned us to avoid following the whispers and footsteps of
Satan. Now, in this verse, one of the examples of those footsteps, which is the
blind following of others, is pointed out. It says:
" And when they are told: ' Follow what Allah has sent down,' they say: '
Nay! We follow what we found our fathers upon,'..."
They mean that they do not care what the verses of Allah say or the Messenger
of Allah invites to. So, in answer to them, the Qur'an says:
...even though their fathers had no understanding of anything nor were
they guided aright."
This statement refers to the fact that: if their fathers had no wisdom and
understanding by themselves nor had they accepted the godly guidance of the
prophets, then, would they follow their fathers
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