Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:22 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 22 / 89 · Page 490
بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Word by Word
بَلْ
bal
Nay
قَالُوا
qalu
they say
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
وَجَدْنَا
wajadna
[we] found
آبَاءَنَا
abaana
our forefathers
عَلَى
ala
upon
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
a religion
وَإِنَّا
wa-inna
and indeed we
عَلَى
ala
on
آثَارِهِم
atharihim
their footsteps
مُّهْتَدُونَ
muh'taduna
(are) guided
Transliteration
Bal qaalooo innaa wajadnaaa aabaaa'anaa 'alaaa ummatinw wa innaa 'alaaa aasaarihim muhtadoon
Translation
Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
No! That has not happened. Rather, they are using their blind following as evidence, saying, “Indeed, we found our forefathers before us upon a belief and they used to worship idols. We are continuing in their footsteps in worshipping them.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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