Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 22nd verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment)

Sahih International: Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."

Pickthall: Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.

Yusuf Ali: Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."

Shakir: Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.

Muhammad Sarwar: In fact, they say, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we now follow in their footsteps for our guidance".

Mohsin Khan: Nay! They say: "We found our fathers following a certain way and religion, and we guide ourselves by their footsteps."

Arberry: Nay, but they say, 'We found our fathers upon a community, and we are guided upon their traces.'

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See Also

• Verse (43:22) Morphology - description of each Arabic word