2:170
When they are told,
"Follow what GOD has revealed
herein," they say, "We follow
only what we found our parents doing." What if their
parents did not understand, and
were not guided?
5:104
When they are told,
"Come to what GOD has revealed, and to the
messenger," they say, "What
we found our parents doing is sufficient for us." What if their
parents knew nothing, and were not guided?
6:148.
The idol worshipers
say, "Had GOD willed, we would
not practice
idolatry, nor would our parents, nor would we prohibit anything." Thus
did those before them
disbelieve, until they incurred our retribution. Say, "Do you have any
proven knowledge that
you can show us? You follow nothing but conjecture; you only guess
7:28
They commit a gross
sin, then say, "We found our
parents doing this, and
GOD has commanded us to do it." Say, "GOD never advocates sin. Are
you saying about
GOD what you do not know?"
7:70.
They said, "Did
you come to make us worship GOD alone, and abandon
what our parents used to worship? We challenge you to bring the doom
you threaten us with,
if you are truthful."
7:71
He said, "You have
incurred condemnation and wrath from your Lord.
Do
you argue with me in defense of innovations you have fabricated - you and
your parents -
which were never authorized by GOD?
Therefore, wait
and I will wait along with you."
7:173
Nor can you say,
"It was our parents who practiced idolatry, and we
simply followed
in their footsteps. Will You
punish us because of what others have innovated?"
9:23.
O
you who believe, do not ally yourselves even with your
parents
and your siblings, if they prefer disbelieving over believing.
Those among
you who ally themselves with
them are transgressing.
10:78.
They said,
"Did
you come to divert us from what we found our
parents
doing, and to attain positions of prominence for yourselves?
We will never join
you as believers."
11:62.
They said,
"O
Saaleh, you used to be popular among us before this.
Are
you enjoining us from worshipping what our parents are worshipping?
We
are full
of doubt concerning everything you have told us."
12:40.
"You
do not worship beside Him except innovations that you have
made
up, you and your parents.
GOD has never authorized
such idols.
All ruling belongs
to GOD, and He has ruled that you shall not worship except Him.
This
is the perfect religion, but most people do not know.
14:10.
Their messengers
said,
"Do you have doubts
about GOD; the Initiator of the heavens and the earth?
He invites you only
to forgive your sins, and to
give you another
chance to redeem yourselves.
" They said,
"You
are no more than humans like us, who want to repel us from the way
our parents used to worship.
Show
us some profound authority."
16:35.
The
idol worshipers say,
"Had GOD willed,
we would not anything besides His prohibitions."
Those before them
have done the same.
Can the messengers
do anything but deliver the complete
message?
18:5
They
possess no knowledge about this,nor did their parents.
What
a blasphemy coming out of their mouths! What they utter is a gross lie.
21:54
He said, "Indeed,
you and your parents have gone totally astray."
25:18.
They will say, "Be
You glorified, it was not right for us to set
up any lords beside You.
But You allowed them to enjoy, together with their
parents. Consequently, they disregarded the message
and thus became wicked
people."
31:21
When they are told,
"Follow these revelations of
GOD," they say, "No, we follow only what
we found our parents doing." What if the devil is
leading them to the agony of Hell?
34:43.
When
our proofs were recited to them, perfectly clear, they said,
"This is simply a man who wants to divert you from the way your parents
are worshipping."
They also said, "These are fabricated lies." Those who disbelieved also
said about the truth that came to them, "This is obviously
magic."
43:22.
The fact is that:
they said,
"We
found our parents carrying on certain practices, and we are following
in their footsteps."
43:23
Invariably, when
we sent a warner to any community, the
leaders of that community would say,
"We
found our parents following certain practices, and we will continue
in their footsteps."
43:24.
(The messenger)
would say, "What if I brought to you better
guidance than what you inherited from your parents?"
They would say,
'
"We
are disbelievers in the message you brought."
71:28
"My
Lord, forgive me and my parents, and anyone who enters my
home
as a believer, and all the believing men and women. But do not give the
disbelievers
anything but annihilation."
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