Adh-Dhariyat 51:53
The Winnowing Winds · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 523
Did They Bequeath It?
أَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِهِۦۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ٥٣
Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Did they suggest it to one another? Rather, they are a transgressing people.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, earlier and later peoples say the same words without knowing each other; what unites them is their transgression.
Reflect
Don’t adopt a wrong because “everyone says so”.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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