26. Shuara · verses 73–80

أَوۡ يَنفَعُونَكُمۡ أَوۡ يَضُرُّونَ

Aw yanfaAAoonakum aw yadurroona

"Or do you good or harm?"

قَالُواْ بَلۡ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ

Qaloo bal wajadna abaana kathalika yafAAaloona

They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."

قَالَ أَفَرَءَيۡتُم مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡبُدُونَ

Qala afaraaytum ma kuntum taAAbudoona

He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-

أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلۡأَقۡدَمُونَ

Antum waabaokumu alaqdamoona

"Ye and your fathers before you?-

فَإِنَّهُمۡ عَدُوّٞ لِّيٓ إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Fainnahum AAaduwwun lee illa rabba alAAalameena

"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds;

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهۡدِينِ

Allathee khalaqanee fahuwa yahdeeni

"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطۡعِمُنِي وَيَسۡقِينِ

Waallathee huwa yutAAimunee wayasqeeni

"Who gives me food and drink,

وَإِذَا مَرِضۡتُ فَهُوَ يَشۡفِينِ

Waitha maridtu fahuwa yashfeeni

"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;