بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

Quran 43:22 is ayah 22 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 490 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:22

بَلْقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّاوَجَدْنَآءَابَآءَنَاعَلَىٰٓأُمَّةٍوَإِنَّاعَلَىٰٓءَاثَٰرِهِممُّهْتَدُونَ٢٢

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūna

Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."(22)

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This commentary explains ayahs 43:21–25 together.