Blind imitation (L-195)
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وَإِذا
قيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعوا ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قالوا بَل نَتَّبِعُ ما أَلفَينا
عَلَيهِ آباءَنا ۗ أَوَلَو كانَ آباؤُهُم لا يَعقِلونَ شَيئًا وَلا
يَهتَدونَ170. |
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170. Wa
‘izaa qiila lahumut-tabi-‘uu maaa ‘anzalAllaahu
qaaluu bal nattabi-‘u maaa ‘al-faynaa
‘alayhi ‘aabaaa-‘anaa. ‘A-wa-law kaana
‘aabaaa-‘uhum laa ya’-qiluuna shay-‘anw-wa laa
yahta-duun. |
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170. And when it
is said to them, “Follow what God has revealed,” they say, “We will follow
what we found our ancestors following.” Even if their ancestors understood
nothing, and were not guided? |
It has been described in this verse about a habit of the illusion pro-whimsical, that is to say; whenever, they are commanded to worship God, follow His orders and rules in every field of life, earn and spend the wealth and property according to His instructions, act upon the Divine law of the religion in the affairs, business, money dealings, buying and selling, marriage/wedding festivities, divorce, in such cases they reply: We shall respect only the customs of our elders, forefathers and traditions of our dynasty. We shall go on that path upon which we have seen our elders, ancestors and superiors”. As though; these people have faith in the customs of their elders by giving up the Commands and instructions of God, they give priority to their customs and traditions and give importance and force more than the Divine law of God.
God commands that these people follow usually their elders, while it is possible that their forefathers had not any sense and wisdom. They would be going astray in the depravity. They would have totally fallen back from the straight path. So following blindly their likewise forefathers; these people will fall surly in the destruction and ruin.
Our Wise Doctor and famous Poet of the East Muhammad Iqbal has mentioned the concept in the exaggerated view as under:
‘Aa-iini naw si darnaa,
tarzi kuhun pe arhna
Manzil yahi kathan hai qawmon ki zindgi men
(To fear the new constitution, to
stay at the old form
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