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Text Uthmani:

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُواْ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلۡفَيۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَآۚ أَوَلَوۡ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَهۡتَدُونَ ١٧٠

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran:

When it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they reply, “No! We ˹only˺ follow what we found our forefathers practicing.” ˹Would they still do so,˺ even if their forefathers had ˹absolutely˺ no understanding or guidance?

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan:

When it is said to them: "Follow what Allâh has sent down." They say: "Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following." (Would they do that!) even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?

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Word list with translation

Word#	Text Uthmani	English Translation
1	وَإِذَا	And when
2	قِيلَ	it is said
3	لَهُمُ	to them
4	ٱتَّبِعُواْ	Follow
5	مَآ	what
6	أَنزَلَ	has revealed
7	ٱللَّهُ	Allah
8	قَالُواْ	they said
9	بَلۡ	Nay
10	نَتَّبِعُ	we follow
11	مَآ	what
12	أَلۡفَيۡنَا	we found
13	عَلَيۡهِ	[on it]
14	ءَابَآءَنَآۚ	our forefathers (following)
15	أَوَلَوۡ	Even though
16	كَانَ	[were]
17	ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ	their forefathers
18	لَا	(did) not
19	يَعۡقِلُونَ	understand
20	شَيۡـٔٗا	anything
21	وَلَا	and not
22	يَهۡتَدُونَ	were they guided
23	١٧٠	(170)

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