قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
— Ah-Shu'ara' (ٱلشُّعَرَاء), 26:74

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قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ
Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
— Ah-Shu'ara' (ٱلشُّعَرَاء), 26:74
قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَTransliteration: Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon
Translation (Yusuf Ali): They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
This is verse 74 of Surah Ah-Shu'ara' (ٱلشُّعَرَاء, meaning "The Poets"), the 26th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 227 total verses.