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Surah 43. Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 22

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بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ
Bal q a loo inn a wajadn a a b a an a AAal a ommatin wainn a AAal a a th a rihim muhtadoon a
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!"
  - Mohammad Asad
The only argument they have is to say: "We found our forefathers practicing this faith and we are walking in their footsteps."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
In fact, they say, 'We found our forefathers following a 'particular' way, and we are following in their footsteps.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Nay! they say: "We found Our fathers following a certain religion and We do guide ourselves by their footsteps." 4627
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then comes the argument about ancestral custom, which was repudiated by Abraham (see verses 26-28 below). Indeed a good reply to ancestral custom in the case of the Arabs was the example of Abraham, the True in Faith, for Abraham was the common ancestor of the Arabs and the Israelites.

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