Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:22

43:22

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

— Saheeh International

No indeed! They say, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are guided by their footsteps.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nay! They say: "We found our fathers following a certain way and religion, and we guide ourselves by their footsteps."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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بَلْbalNay
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are) guided