Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 53

Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 53 · View Ayah
قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

They said ‘We found our fathers worshipping them’ and so we followed their example.

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(They said: We found our fathers worshippers of them) and so we worship them.

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Sunan Abu Dawud#4718Sahih

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.

Narrated by Explaining the tradition “Every child is a born on Islam”, Hammad b. Salamah said :
Sahih Muslim#6093Sahih

'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 ...

Narrated by 'Urwa reported:
Sahih Muslim#4419Sahih

What about the children of polytheists killed by the cavalry during the night raid? He said: They are from them.

Narrated by Sa'b b. Jaththama has narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) asked:
Sahih al-Bukhari#3677Sahih

"In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying, "Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."

Narrated by Ibn `Abbas said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1009Hasan

His father said: "I saw the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar walking in front of the funeral."

Narrated by Salim narrated that:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1614Sahih

"I was informed by As-Sa'b bin Jaththamah who said: " I said: "O Messenger of Allah our horses trampled over women and children of the idolaters." He said: "They are from their fathers.'" This Hadi...

Narrated by Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Sunan Ibn Majah#4203Sahih

''Aishah said to me: 'O 'Urwah, your two fathers were of those who answered (the Call of) Allah and the Messenger (Muhammed) after being wounded," (they were) Abu Bakr and Zubair.''

Narrated by It was narrated from Hisham bin 'Urwah that his father said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#3315Sahih

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Sam was the father of Arabs, Ham the father of the Ethiopians, and Yafith the father of the Romans."

Narrated by Narrated Samurah:
Sahih al-Bukhari#3687Sahih

'Ubaidullah said: "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre- Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the ...

Narrated by Narrated Sufyan:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#4028Sahih

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Sam was the father of Arabs, Yafith was the father of Romans, and Ham was the father of Ethiopians."

Narrated by Narrated Samurah bin Jundab:

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