Surah Al-A'raf Ayah 173 (7:173)

Verse 173 of 206Juz 9Page 173Hizb 18

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ ۝١٧٣

Aw taqooloo innamaa ashraka aabaa'unaa min qablu wakunnaa dhurriyyatam mim ba`dihim, afatuhlikunaa bimaa fa`alal-mubtiloon

Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

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Quran 7:173 in other translations

Hilali and Khan

Or lest you should say: "It was only our fathers afortime who took others as partners in worship along with Allâh, and we were (merely their) descendants after them; will You then destroy us because of the deeds of men who practised Al-Bâtil (i.e. polytheism and committing crimes and sins, invoking and worshipping others besides Allâh)?" (Tafsir At-Tabarî).

Marmaduke Pickthall

Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile

Muhammad Junagarhi

یا یوں کہو کہ پہلے پہلے شرک تو ہمارے بڑوں نے کیا اور ہم ان کے بعد ان کی نسل میں ہوئے، سو کیا ان غلط راه والوں کے فعل پر تو ہم کو ہلاکت میں ڈال دے گا؟

Indonesian · Ministry of Religious Affairs

atau agar kamu tidak mengatakan, "Sesungguhnya nenek moyang kami telah memper­sekutukan Tuhan sejak dahulu, sedang kami adalah keturunan yang (datang) setelah mereka. Maka apakah Engkau akan membinasakan kami karena perbuatan orang-orang (dahulu) yang sesat?"

Bengali · Abu Bakr Zakaria

কিংবা তোমার যেন না বল, ‘আমাদের পিতৃপুরুষরাও তো আমাদের আগে শির্ক করেছে, আর আমরা তো তাদের পরবর্তী বংশধর; তবে কি (শির্কের মাধ্যমে) যারা তাদের আমলকে বাতিল করেছে তাদের কৃতকর্মের জন্য আপনি আমাদেরকে ধ্বংস করবেন?’

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