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Az-Zukhruf 24

Ayah 24 of 89 · Meccan

۞ قَٰلَ أَوَلَوۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِأَهۡدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَكُمۡۖ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرۡسِلۡتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ ٢٤

[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ قَٰلَHe saidqāla
  2. أَوَلَوۡEven ifawalaw
  3. جِئۡتُكُمI brought youji'tukum
  4. بِأَهۡدَىٰbetter guidancebi-ahdā
  5. مِمَّاthan whatmimmā
  6. وَجَدتُّمۡyou foundwajadttum
  7. عَلَيۡهِon itʿalayhi
  8. ءَابَآءَكُمۡۖyour forefathersābāakum
  9. قَالُوٓاْThey saidqālū
  10. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  11. بِمَآwith whatbimā
  12. أُرۡسِلۡتُمyou are sentur'sil'tum
  13. بِهِۦwith [it]bihi
  14. كَٰفِرُونَ(are) disbelieverskāfirūna

Tafsir

Their messengers said to them, “Will you follow your forefathers even if I brought to you something that was better than the belief they were on?” They said, “Indeed, we reject whatever you and the messengers before you have been sent with.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran