أَوۡ
تَقُولُوٓاْ
إِنَّمَآ
أَشۡرَكَ
ءَابَآؤُنَا
مِن
قَبۡلُ
وَكُنَّا
ذُرِّيَّةٗ
مِّنۢ
بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ
أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا
بِمَا
فَعَلَ
ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ
١٧٣
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?
— M. Pickthall
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?"
— Saheeh International
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?"
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Covenant taken from the Descendants of Adam
Allah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified against themselves that Allah is their Lord and King and that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. Allah created them on this Fitrah, or way
…The Covenant taken from the Descendants of Adam
Allah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified a
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