← Surah 43

43:22

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Word by word

بَلْ
Nay
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بَلْPreposition — retraction
قَالُوٓا۟
they say
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وٓا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِنَّا
Indeed, we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
وَجَدْنَآ
[we] found
Verb
Root: وجد
Grammar (i'rab)
وَجَدْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.
نَآNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
ءَابَآءَنَا
our forefathers
Noun
Root: أبو
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَابَآءَNoun — masc. plur.، accusative
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
عَلَىٰٓ
upon
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىٰٓPreposition — preposition
أُمَّةٍ
a religion
Noun
Root: أمم
Grammar (i'rab)
أُمَّةٍNoun — fem. sing.، indefinite، genitive
وَإِنَّا
and indeed, we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
عَلَىٰٓ
on
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَلَىٰٓPreposition — preposition
ءَاثَٰرِهِم
their footsteps
Noun
Root: أثر
Grammar (i'rab)
ءَاثَٰرِNoun — masc. plur.، genitive
هِمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مُّهْتَدُونَ
(are) guided
Noun
Root: هدي
Grammar (i'rab)
مُّهْتَدُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

No indeed! They say, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are guided by their footsteps.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Hayır; "Doğrusu Biz babalarımızı bir din üzerinde bulduk, biz de onların izlerinden gitmekteyiz" derler.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Hayır, onlar sadece: "Biz babalarımızı bu din üzerinde bulduk, biz de onların izinde gidiyoruz." dediler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hayır! “Şüphesiz ki babalarımızı (böyle) bir din üzerinde bulduk; biz de onların izleri üzere gidenleriz.” dediler.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

بل قالوا: إنا وجدنا آباءنا على طريقة ومذهب ودين، وإنا على آثار آبائنا فيما كانوا عليه متبعون لهم، ومقتدون بهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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