قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ
Qaaloo wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa lahaa 'aabideen
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
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Lessons from past peoples
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41 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about lessons from past peoples.
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They said ‘We found our fathers worshipping them’ and so we followed their example.
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In our opinion it means that covenant which Allah had taken in the loins of their fathers when He said : “Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes.
'Aisha said to me: Your fathers (Zubair and Abu Bakr) were amongst those about whom (it has been revealed):" Those who responded to the call of Allah and His Messenger after the misfortune had fallen upon them."
What about the children of polytheists killed by the cavalry during the night raid? He said: They are from them.
"In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying,
"Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."
His father said: "I saw the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar walking in front of the funeral."
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