﴿ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا كَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴾

“They exclaimed: But we found our fore­fathers doing the same!””

(They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this use) we found our fathers worshipping these deities, and we have emulated them.