In fact they say: "We found our fathers following a certain way, and are guided by their footprints."
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : they said: “we do not have, o muhammad, any other scripture; but we found our fathers on this belief”. allah said: (nay, for they say only: lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints) and we are following their religion and actions.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : nay, but they say, ‘lo! we found our fathers following a [certain] creed and we are indeed, proceeding, in their footsteps to be guided’, by them, for they used to worship other than god.
