Surah Az-Zukhruf, ayah 23
وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ
And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."
Az-Zukhruf · 43:23
Word by word
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- مَآmānot
- أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
- فِىfīin
- قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
- مِّنminany
- نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَالَqālasaid
- مُتْرَفُوهَآmut'rafūhā(the) wealthy ones of it
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
- وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
- ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
- عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
- أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
- عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
- ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
- مُّقْتَدُونَmuq'tadūna(are) following
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