قَالُواْ

يَٰصَٰلِحُ

قَدۡ

كُنتَ

فِينَا

مَرۡجُوّٗا

قَبۡلَ

هَٰذَآۖ

أَتَنۡهَىٰنَآ

أَن

نَّعۡبُدَ

مَا

يَعۡبُدُ

ءَابَآؤُنَا

وَإِنَّنَا

لَفِي

شَكّٖ

مِّمَّا

تَدۡعُونَآ

إِلَيۡهِ

مُرِيبٖ

٦٢

They argued, “O Ṣâliḥ! We truly had high hopes in you before this.¹ How dare you forbid us to worship what our forefathers had worshipped? We are certainly in alarming doubt about what you are inviting us to.”