Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Nay, but they say, “Behold, We found our forefathers agreed on what to believe - and, verily, it is in their footsteps that we find our guidance!”
Arthur John Arberry
Nay, but they say, 'We found our fathers upon a community, and we are guided upon their traces.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."
Arabic
بَلۡ قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا عَلَىٰۤ أُمَّةࣲ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٢٢
Transliteration (2021)
bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūn