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بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Transliteration:

Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihim muhtadoona

Word by Word:

Nay, they say, "Indeed, we [we] found our forefathers upon a religion and indeed, we on their footsteps (are) guided."

Translations:

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!"

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

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

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

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