Quran 43:22 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No indeed! They say, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are guided by their footsteps.’
بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ
bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nay, but they say, 'We found our fathers upon a community, and we are guided upon their traces.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Nay, but they say, “Behold, We found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is in their footsteps that we find our guidance!”
- Sahih International
- Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 3 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 4 | وَجَدْنَآwajadnā | [we] found | وجد |
| 5 | ءَابَآءَنَاābāanā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 6 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | upon | — |
| 7 | أُمَّةٍۢummatin | a religion | أمم |
| 8 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | and indeed, we | — |
| 9 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 10 | ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihim | their footsteps | أثر |
| 11 | مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna | (are) guided | هدي |