169. Innama ya/murukum biALssoo-i waAlfahsha-i waan taqooloo AAala Allahi ma la taAAlamoonA
169. For he commands you
What is evil
And shameful,
And that ye should say
Of God that of which
Ye have no knowledge.
170. Wa-itha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo ma anzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfayna AAalayhi abaana awa law kana abaohum la yaAAqiloona shay-an wala yahtadoonA
170. When it is said to them:
"Follow what God hath revealed:"
They say: "Nay! we shall follow
The ways of our fathers."
What! even though their fathers
Were void of wisdom and guidance?
171. Wamathalu allatheena kafaroo kamathali allathee yanAAiqu bima la yasmaAAu illa duAAaan wanidaan summun bukmun AAumyun fahum la yaAAqiloonA
171. The parable of those
Who reject Faith is
As if one were to shout
Like a goat-herd, to things
That listen to nothing
But calls and cries:
Deaf, dumb, and blind,
They are void of wisdom.
172. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum waOshkuroo lillahi in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoonA