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quran:21:53

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."  

They said, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them’, and so we followed their example.
القرآن:٢١:٥٣

قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِدِينَ  

{قالوا وجدنا آباءنا لها عابدين} فاقتدنيا بهم.