Surah Al-A'raf

وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَـٰحِشَةً قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Wa iżā fa‘alū fāḥisyatan qālū wajadnā ‘alaihā ābā'anā wallāhu amaranā bihā, qul innallāha lā ya'muru bil-faḥsyā'(i), ataqūlūna ‘alallāhi mā lā ta‘lamūn(a).

And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"

📝 Footnotes
269) What is meant by "committing obscenity" here is shirk (associating partners with Allah), performing tawaf naked around the Ka‘bah, and other similar acts.

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