The Ornaments of Gold
43. Az-Zukhruf
الزخرف
Page #491
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
So it has been that We did not send any warner to a town before you, without its affluent ones saying, ‘We found our fathers following a creed and we are indeed following in their footsteps.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."
