Appeals to ancestral tradition

The verses

Closest to the group’s centre first.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:74✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

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

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:137✦ skyread

  إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

  This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

• As-Saaffaat 37:17✦ skyread

  أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

  And our forefathers [as well]?"

• Al-Waaqia 56:48✦ skyread

  أَوَءَابَآؤُنَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

  And our forefathers [as well]?"

• Al-Waaqia 56:46✦ skyread

  وَكَانُوا۟ يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى ٱلْحِنثِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

  And they used to persist in the great violation,

• Al-Muminoon 23:81✦ skyread

  بَلْ قَالُوا۟ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

  Rather, they say like what the former peoples said.

• Al-Muminoon 23:83✦ skyread

  لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

  We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples."

• An-Naml 27:68✦ skyread

  لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

  We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:70✦ skyread

  إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

  When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"

• Al-Haaqqa 69:9✦ skyread

  وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

  And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

• Al-Anbiyaa 21:52✦ skyread

  إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

  When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:112✦ skyread

  قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

  He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?

• An-Naazi'aat 79:38✦ skyread

  وَءَاثَرَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

  And preferred the life of the world,

• Saad 38:7✦ skyread

  مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَٰقٌ

  We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is not but a fabrication.

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:45✦ skyread

  فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ

  And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

• Al-Kahf 18:5✦ skyread

  مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِءَابَآئِهِمْ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

  They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

• Taa-Haa 20:18✦ skyread

  قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

  He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

• Al-Qiyaama 75:5✦ skyread

  بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

  But man desires to continue in sin.

• As-Saaffaat 37:36✦ skyread

  وَيَقُولُونَ أَئِنَّا لَتَارِكُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتِنَا لِشَاعِرٍ مَّجْنُونٍۭ

  And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?"

• Maryam 19:20✦ skyread

  قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

  She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

• An-Nisaa 4:21✦ skyread

  وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظًا

  And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?

• An-Naml 27:48✦ skyread

  وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

  And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:26✦ skyread

  فَرَاغَ إِلَىٰٓ أَهْلِهِۦ فَجَآءَ بِعِجْلٍ سَمِينٍ

  Then he went to his family and came with a fat [roasted] calf

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:76✦ skyread

  أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

  You and your ancient forefathers?

• Al-Hajj 22:33✦ skyread

  لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ مَحِلُّهَآ إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ

  For you the animals marked for sacrifice are benefits for a specified term; then their place of sacrifice is at the ancient House.

• As-Saaffaat 37:141✦ skyread

  فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

  And he drew lots and was among the losers.

• Al-Haaqqa 69:45✦ skyread

  لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

  We would have seized him by the right hand;

• Al-An'aam 6:85✦ skyread

  وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

  And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.

• Taa-Haa 20:29✦ skyread

  وَٱجْعَل لِّى وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِى

  And appoint for me a minister from my family -

• Al-Kahf 18:25✦ skyread

  وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

  And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

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