Quran 43:23

Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 89 in Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف), chapter 43 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International
And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
இவ்வாறே உமக்கு முன்னரும் நாம் (நம்முடைய) தூதரை எந்த ஊருக்கு அனுப்பினாலும், அவர்களில் செல்வந்தர்கள்; "நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் எங்கள் மூதாதையரை ஒரு மார்க்கத்தில் கண்டோம்; நிச்சயமாக நாங்கள் அவர்களின் அடிச்சவடுகளையே பின்பற்றுகின்றோம்" என்று கூறாதிருக்கவில்லை.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
තවද එසේ නුඹට පෙර ද ගම්මානයක් වෙත අවවාද කරන්නෙකු අපි එවූ විට එහි සැපවත් ජීවිතයක් ගත කළවුන් “නියත වශයෙන් ම අපගේ මුතුන් මිත්තන් එක් පිළිවෙතක සිටිනු අපි දුටුවෙමු. තවද නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි ඔවුන්ගේ පා සලකුණු මත අනුගමනය කරනු ලැබූවෝ වෙමු” යැයි පවසා සිටියා මිස (වෙනත් දෙයක් සිදු වූයේ) නැත.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
اسی طرح آپ سے پہلے بھی ہم نے جس بستی میں کوئی ڈرانے واﻻ بھیجا وہاں کے آسوده حال لوگوں نے یہی جواب دیا کہ ہم نے اپنے باپ دادا کو (ایک راه پر اور) ایک دین پر پایا اور ہم تو انہی کے نقش پا کی پیروی کرنے والے ہیں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
同じように,われがあなた以前にも,町の警告者を遣わす度に,その地の富裕な者たちは,「本当にわたしたちは,祖先が一つの教えを奉じているのを見ています。それでその足跡を踏んでいるのです。」と言っていた。
ChineseMa Jian
在你之前,每逢我这样派遣警告者到一个城市去,那里的豪华者总是说: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的。

Tafsir of 43:23

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 43:23 — Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 23