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قَالُوا بَلْ وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Transliteration:
Qaloo bal wajadna abaana kathalika yafAAaloona
Word by Word:
They said, "Nay, but we found our forefathers like that - doing."
Translations:
They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!"
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise.
They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so.
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."