Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 104 (5:104)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ قَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا …

Quran 5:104 is ayah 104 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 125 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:104
وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْتَعَالَوْا۟إِلَىٰمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُوَإِلَىٱلرَّسُولِقَالُوا۟حَسْبُنَامَاوَجَدْنَاعَلَيْهِءَابَآءَنَآ ۚأَوَلَوْكَانَءَابَآؤُهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَشَئًْاوَلَايَهْتَدُونَ١٠٤
wa-idhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ilā mā anzala l-lahu wa-ilā l-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ābāanā awalaw kāna ābāuhum lā yaʿlamūna shayan walā yahtadūna

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allāh has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?(104)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait is said
  3. لَهُمْlahumto them
  4. تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
  5. إِلَىٰilāto
  6. مَآmāwhat
  7. أَنزَلَanzalahas (been) revealed
  8. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
  9. وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
  10. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
  11. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  12. حَسْبُنَاḥasbunāSufficient for us
  13. مَاmā(is) what
  14. وَجَدْنَاwajadnāwe found
  15. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon it
  16. ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚābāanāour forefathers
  17. أَوَلَوْawalawEven though
  18. كَانَkāna(that)
  19. ءَابَآؤُهُمْābāuhumtheir forefathers
  20. لَاlā(were) not
  21. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknowing
  22. شَئًْاshayananything
  23. وَلَاwalāand not
  24. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey (were) guided

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