Quran 43:22

Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 22

Verse 22 of 89 in Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف), chapter 43 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International
Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
அப்படியல்ல! அவர்கள் கூறுகிறார்கள்; "நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் எங்களுடைய மூதாதையர்களை ஒரு மார்க்கத்தில் கண்டோம்; நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் அவர்களுடைய அடிச்சவடுகளையே பின்பற்றுகிறோம்."
SinhalaRuwwad Center
එසේ නො ව, “නියත වශයෙන් ම අපගේ මුතුන් මිත්තන් යම් පිළිවෙතක සිටිනු අපි දුටුවෙමු. තවද නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි ඔවුන්ගේ පා සලකුණු මත මග ලැබූවන් වූයෙමු.” යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසූහ.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
(نہیں نہیں) بلکہ یہ تو کہتے ہیں کہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو ایک مذہب پر پایا اور ہم انہی کے نقش قدم پر چل کر راه یافتہ ہیں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
いや,かれらは言う。「わたしたちは祖先が,一つの道を踏んでいたのを見て,その足跡によって導かれているのです。」
ChineseMa Jian
不然,他们说:我们确已发现我们的祖先是信奉一种宗教的,我们确是遵循他们的遗迹而得正道的。

Tafsir of 43:22

The Idolators have no Proof Allah condemns the idolators for worshipping others instead of Allah with no evidence or proof for doing so. أَمْ ءَاتَيْنَهُمْ كِتَباً مِّن قَبْلِهِ (Or have We given them any Book before this) means, before their idolatry. فَهُم بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ (to which they are holding fast) means, with regard to what they are doing. This is not the case. This is like the Ayah: أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَناً فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُواْ بِهِ يُشْرِكُونَ (Or have We revealed to them an authority (a Scripture), which speaks of that which they have been associating with Him) (30:35) meaning, that did not happen. Then Allah says: بَلْ قَالُواْ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَى ءَاثَرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ (Nay! They say: "we found our fathers following a certain way and religion (Ummah), and we guide ourselves by their footsteps.") meaning, they have no grounds for their belief in idolatry apart from the fact that they are imitating their fathers and forefathers who were following a certain Ummah or way, i.e., religion.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 43:22 — Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 22