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wa-ʾidhā qīla lahumu ttabiʿū mā ʾanzala llāhu qālū bal nattabiʿu mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ʾābāʾanā ʾa-wa-law kāna sh-shayṭānu yadʿūhum ʾilā ʿadhābi s-saʿīri
When they are told, ‘Follow what Allah has sent down,’ they say, ‘No, we will follow what we found our fathers following.’ What! Even if Satan be calling them to the punishment of the Blaze?
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Luqman – Verse 21
21. “And when it is said to them: ‘Follow what Allah has sent down’, they say: ‘We shall follow that on which we found our fathers.’ What! (Would they do it) even if Satan were calling them to the chastisement of the blazing Fire?”
The application of the Arabic word /qila/ in this verse is a sign to the intensity of the bigotry of the pagans. That is, they obstinate and do not accept any true word from any speaker, whoever he may be. So, this holy verse points to the weak and baseless logic of this group when it says:
And since following the ignorant deviated ancestors is none of the three guiding ways mentioned in the above, the Holy Qur’an has introduced it as a Satanic way, and in this noble verse says:
In fact, here the Qur’an removes the cover of following the ancestors’ tradition, which has a deluding appearance, and makes manifest the real feature of their deed that is, in fact, following the Satan which is alongside the way of blazing Fire of Hell. Yes, the leadership of Satan alone is enough that one rejects the Holy Qur’an though it is disguised in the invitation toward the Truth, and his leadership is certainly a false cover, and an invitation toward the Fire of Hell and it alone is also enough for opposition and the duty is clear, although the situation of the inviter is unknown.
Does any wise person leave out the invitation of the Divine prophets unto Heaven and goes after the invitation of Satan unto Hell?