Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
They exclaimed: But we found our forefathers doing the same!”
M. M. Pickthall
They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we do)."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
They replied, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same.”
Safi Kaskas
They said, “But this is what we found our fathers doing.”
Wahiduddin Khan
They replied, But we found our fathers doing the same
Shakir
They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: Nay! But we found our fathers acting likewise.
T.B.Irving
They said: "Rather we found our fathers doing so."
Abdul Hye
They said: “Nay, but we found our forefathers doing so.”
The Study Quran
They said, “Nay, but we found our fathers doing so.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They responded, “But this is what we found our ancestors doing.”
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'But we found our ancestors doing so.'
Dr. Kamal Omar
They said: “Nay, we found our fathers- like this they do.”
They replied: "No! But we found our forefathers doing so."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "No indeed, (but) we found our fathers thus performing."
Muhammad Sarwar
or can they benefit or harm you?"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .No, but we have found our fathers doing like this
Shabbir Ahmed
They said, "Nay, but we found our forefathers doing this."
Dr. Munir Munshey
They said, "No! But we found our forefathers doing the same thing!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
They said: "No, but we found our fathers doing like this (what we do)."
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
They said: "No, but we found our fathers doing the same."
Abdel Haleem
They replied, ‘No, but this is what we saw our fathers doing.’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: nay; but we found our fathers doing in this wise
Ahmed Ali
They said: "No. But we found our fathers doing so."
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´No, but this is what we found our fathers doing.´
Ali Ünal
They replied: "But we found our forefathers doing the same."
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘Rather we found our fathers acting likewise.’
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "No; but we found our fathers doing thus."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “No, but we found our fathers doing like this.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
They said, “No, but we found our fathers doing what we do.
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “We found our forefathers doing so.”
Maududi
They answered: "No; but we found our forefathers doing so."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "No, but we found our fathers doing the same.
Mohammad Shafi
Abraham's people said, "But we found our forefathers doing the same!"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said, 'Nay we found our fathers doing so'.
They said, "No; but we found our parents doing this."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They replied: 'No, but we found our fathers doing so.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: Nay, we found our fathers doing so
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
They said: "But we found our fathers as/like that they make/do ."
Bijan Moeinian
They said: “To be honest with you No. But they constitute our cultural routes; we do what we have culturally inherited from our forefathers.”
Faridul Haque
They said, “In fact we found our forefathers doing likewise.”
Sher Ali
They said, `Not so, but we found our fathers doing likewise.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They said: ‘(We do not know that) but we found our fathers doing the same.
Amatul Rahman Omar
They said, `Nay, it is not so, but we found our fathers doing likewise.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing so."
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
They said, “Nay! We found our fathers acting in this manner.”
Munir Mezyed
They said: “But we found forefathers doing the same."
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
They said: but we found our fathers do the same.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
They said, “No, but we found our ancestors doing this.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
They said, “Rather, we found our forefathers doing so.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
They said: "Rather we found our fathers doing so."
Samy Mahdy
They said, “Nay, but we found our parents, thus they are doing.”
Sayyid Qutb
They said: 'But we found our forefathers doing the same.'
Ahmed Hulusi
They said, “No! But we found our forefathers doing the same (so we are imitating them)!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
They said: 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing'
"But", they said, "this is exactly the system of faith and worship our fathers adopted."
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, "No, we found our fathers doing like that."
The Wise Quran
They said, 'No; but we found our fathers doing thus.'