And when it is said to them “Follow what God has revealed” they say “No; but we follow what we found our fathers doing.” Whatḍ Even if their fathers do not understand anything and they were not guidedḍ There is no raising their eyes beyond that which is like them in form class kind and ancestry for they are set on their way. Without a doubt they have plunged into the fire on their path. Had they known that their ancestors had no intelligence to restrain them nor guidance to unite them they would have withdrawn from them [understanding them to be] hostile and resisted them [understanding them to be] oppositional [to God's com- mand]. But the lights of insight were snatched from them and they were deprived of the proofs of certainty.
