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Quran 7:173

Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights), verse 173 of 206 · Juz 9

أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

Translations of Quran 7:173
EnglishTalal Itani

Nor can you say, “Our ancestors practiced idolatry before; and we are their descendants who came after them; will you destroy us for what the falsifiers did?”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did?

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Yâhud: ancak önceden atalarımız şirk koştular, biz ise onlardan sonra bir zürriyyet edik, şimdi o batılı te'sis edenlerin yaptıklarıyle bizi helâkmi edeceksin? Demeyesiniz

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Afin que vous ne disiez pas : Nos pères associaient d’autres divinités à Dieu avant nous ; nous sommes leur postérité, nous perdras-tu pour les actions de ceux qui ont menti ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Opdat gij niet zoudt zeggen: waarlijk onze vaderen waren vroeger schuldig aan afgodendienarij; en wij zijn hunne nakomelingschap, die hen opvolgde; zoudt gij ons dus verdelgen, om hetgeen leugenaars hebben bedreven?

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

E affinchè non diciate: I nostri padri associavano prima di noi altre divinità a Dio: noi siamo i loro posteri; ei perderai tu per quei che hanno mentito?

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.