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

Quran 43:24

43:24

۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ

qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi-ahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāakum qālū innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

— Saheeh International

The messenger said, ‘Even though I bring you a truer religion than what you saw your fathers following?’ and they replied, ‘But we do not believe the message you bring.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(The warner) said: "Even if I bring you better guidance than that which you found your fathers following?" They said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent."

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

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Word by Word

۞ قَـٰلَqālaHe said
أَوَلَوْawalawEven if
جِئْتُكُمji'tukumI brought you
بِأَهْدَىٰbi-ahdābetter guidance
مِمَّاmimmāthan what
وَجَدتُّمْwajadttumyou found
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion it
ءَابَآءَكُمْۖābāakumyour forefathers
قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey said
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
بِمَآbimāwith what
أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou are sent
بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna(are) disbelievers