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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) · Ayah 22

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ 22

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

بَلْbalNay
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
noun
وَجَدْنَآwajadnā[we] found
ءَابَآءَنَاābāanāour forefathers
عَلَىٰٓʿalāupon
أُمَّةٍۢummatina religion
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
noun
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
ءَاثَـٰرِهِمāthārihimtheir footsteps
مُّهْتَدُونَmuh'tadūna(are) guided
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