Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:24 — translation and meaning

الزخرف · Verse 24 / 89 · Page 491

ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَى مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَكُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ

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ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
أَوَلَوْ
awalaw
Even if
جِئْتُكُم
ji'tukum
I brought you
بِأَهْدَى
bi-ahda
better guidance
مِمَّا
mimma
than what
وَجَدتُّمْ
wajadttum
you found
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
on it
آبَاءَكُمْ
abaakum
your forefathers
قَالُوا
qalu
They said
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
بِمَا
bima
with what
أُرْسِلْتُم
ur'sil'tum
you are sent
بِهِ
bihi
with [it]
كَافِرُونَ
kafiruna
(are) disbelievers

Transliteration

Qaala awa law ji'tukum bi ahdaa mimmaa wajattum 'alaihi aabaaa'akum qaalooo innaa bimaaa ursiltum bihee kaafiroon

Translation

[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."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Their messengers said to them, “Will you follow your forefathers even if I brought to you something that was better than the belief they were on?” They said, “Indeed, we reject whatever you and the messengers before you have been sent with.”

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than…" — Az-Zukhruf 43:24