Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 74 (26:74)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Quran 26:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 370 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:74
قَالُوا۟بَلْوَجَدْنَآءَابَآءَنَاكَذَٰلِكَيَفْعَلُونَ٧٤
qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."(74)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. بَلْbalNay
  3. وَجَدْنَآwajadnābut we found
  4. ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
  5. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikalike that
  6. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnadoing

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