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قَالُوْا بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ اٰبَاۤءَنَا كَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُوْنَ   ( الشعراء: ٧٤ )

qālū
قَالُوا۟
They said
bal
بَلْ
"Nay
wajadnā
وَجَدْنَآ
but we found
ābāanā
ءَابَآءَنَا
our forefathers
kadhālika
كَذَٰلِكَ
like that -
yafʿalūna
يَفْعَلُونَ
doing"

Qaaloo bal wajadnaaa aabaaa 'anaa kazaalika yaf'aloon (aš-Šuʿarāʾ 26:74)

Sahih International:

They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus." (Ash-Shu'ara [26] : 74)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “No, but we have found our fathers doing like this.”