Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 22
بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
Az-Zukhruf · 43:22
Word by word
- بَلْbalNay
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
- ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
- أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
- مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are) guided
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