The Holy Quran 7:173 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

Translation

Or (another reason for this is that it should not be) that you say (on the Day of Qiyaamah), "Our forefathers committed Shirk from before and we were merely the descendants after them (we were therefore only following their example). Will you destroy us for what was done by those who practised falsehood (for what our forefather had been doing)?" (This excuse will be useless because every individual had already undertaken that s/he would recognise Allaah as The One and Only Ilaah.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

أو لئلا تقولوا: إنما أشرك آباؤنا من قبلنا ونقضوا العهد، فاقتدينا بهم من بعدهم، أفتعذبنا بما فعل الذين أبطلوا أعمالهم بجعلهم مع الله شريكا في العبادة؟

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