The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
al-Zukhruf (Ornaments)
ٱلْزُّخْرُف
43:23
وَكَذَلِكَ
مَا
أَرْسَلْنَا
مِن
قَبْلِكَ
فِي
قَرْيَةٍ
مِّن
نَّذِيرٍ
إِلَّا
قَالَ
مُتْرَفُوهَا
إِنَّا
وَجَدْنَا
آبَاءَنَا
عَلَى
أُمَّةٍ
وَإِنَّا
عَلَى
آثَارِهِم
مُّقْتَدُونَ
wa-ka-dhālika mā ʾarsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nadhīrin ʾillā qāla mutrafūhā ʾinnā wajadnā ʾābāʾanā ʿalā ʾummatin wa-ʾinnā ʿalā ʾāthārihim muqtadūna
In the same way, whenever We had sent a Messenger before you to warn a town, the rich ones therein said, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we follow in their footsteps.