أَوۡ

تَقُولُوٓاْ

إِنَّمَآ

أَشۡرَكَ

ءَابَآؤُنَا

مِن

قَبۡلُ

وَكُنَّا

ذُرِّيَّةٗ

مِّنۢ

بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ

أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا

بِمَا

فَعَلَ

ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ

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Or say: 'Our forefathers before us who associated others with Allah in His divinity; we were merely their offspring who followed them. And would You destroy us for that which the unrighteous did?'¹