Quran 43:24 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ كَافِرُونَ
qāla awalaw ji'tukum bi-ahdā mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāakum qālū innā bimā ur'sil'tum bihi kāfirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What, though I should bring you a better guidance than you found your fathers upon?' They say, 'We disbelieve in that you were sent with.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [Whereupon each prophet] would say, “Why, even though I bring you guidance better than that which you found your forefathers believing in?” - [to which] the others would reply, “Behold, we deny that there is any truth in [what you claim to be] your messages!”
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قَـٰلَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | أَوَلَوْawalaw | Even if | — |
| 3 | جِئْتُكُمji'tukum | I brought you | جيأ |
| 4 | بِأَهْدَىٰbi-ahdā | better guidance | هدي |
| 5 | مِمَّاmimmā | than what | — |
| 6 | وَجَدتُّمْwajadttum | you found | وجد |
| 7 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on it | — |
| 8 | ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖābāakum | your forefathers | أبو |
| 9 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 10 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 11 | بِمَآbimā | with what | — |
| 12 | أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tum | you are sent | رسل |
| 13 | بِهِۦbihi | with [it] | — |
| 14 | كَـٰفِرُونَkāfirūna | (are) disbelievers | كفر |