Quran 43:24

Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 24

Juz 25 · Page 491 · Ruku 425 · Meccan

قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

Word by word

۞ قَـٰلَ qāla He said أَوَلَوْ awalaw Even if جِئْتُكُم ji'tukum I brought you بِأَهْدَىٰ bi-ahdā better guidance مِمَّا mimmā than what وَجَدتُّمْ wajadttum you found عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi on it ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ ābāakum your forefathers قَالُوٓا۟ qālū They said إِنَّا innā Indeed, we بِمَآ bimā with what أُرْسِلْتُم ur'sil'tum you are sent بِهِۦ bihi with [it] كَـٰفِرُونَ kāfirūna (are) disbelievers

Transliteration

Qala awa law ji/tukum bi-ahdamimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qalooinna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

He said: "What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which ye found your fathers following?" They said: "For us, we deny that ye (prophets) are sent (on a mission at all)."

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( قل ) أي : يا محمد لهؤلاء المشركين : ( أولو جئتكم بأهدى مما وجدتم عليه آباءكم قالوا إنا بما أرسلتم به كافرون ) أي : ولو علموا وتيقنوا صحة ما جئتهم به ، لما انقادوا لذلك بسوء قصدهم ومكابرتهم للحق وأهله .