Surah Al Baqarah Tafseer
Tafseer of Al-Baqarah : 170
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And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
Ibn Kathir
Tafseer 'Ibn Kathir' (EN)
The Polytheist imitates Other Polytheists
Allah says;
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ قَالُواْ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ابَاءنَا
When it is said to them:"Follow what Allah has sent down."
They say:"Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following."
Allah states that if the disbelievers and polytheists are called to follow what Allah has revealed to His Messenger and abandon the practices of misguidance and ignorance that they indulge in, they will say, "Rather. We shall follow what we found our fathers following," meaning, worshipping the idols and the false deities.
Allah criticized their reasoning:
أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ابَاوُهُمْ
(Would they do that!) even though their fathers,
meaning, those whom they follow and whose practices they imitate, and:
لَا يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْياً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ
did not understand anything nor were they guided.
meaning, they had no sound understanding or guidance.
Ibn Ishaq reported that Ibn Abbas said that this was revealed about a group of Jews whom Allah's Messenger called to Islam, but they refused, saying, "Rather, we shall follow what we found our forefathers following." So Allah revealed this Ayah (2:170) above."
The Disbeliever is just like an Animal
Allah says;
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