2:170
وَإِذَا
Wa-ʹiẓaa
And when
قِيلَ
q̣eela
it is said
لَهُمُ
lahumut
to them
ٱتَّبِعُواْ
tabiʻoo
Follow
مَآ
maaa
what
أَنزَلَ
ʹañzalal
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
laahu
Allah
قَالُواْ
q̣aaloo
they said
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
نَتَّبِعُ
nattabiʻu
we follow
مَآ
maaa
what
أَلۡفَيۡنَا
ʹalfaynaa
we found
عَلَيۡهِ
ʻalayhi
[on it]
ءَابَآءَنَآۚ
ʹaabaaaʹanaa.
our forefathers (following)
أَوَلَوۡ
ʹAwa-law
Even though
كَانَ
kaana
[were]
ءَابَآؤُهُمۡ
ʹaabaaaʹuhum
their forefathers
لَا
laa-
(did) not
يَعۡقِلُونَ
yaʻq̣iloona
understand
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayʹañw
anything
وَلَا
walaa
and not
يَهۡتَدُونَ
yahtadoon?
were they guided
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