سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 24
۞ قَـٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَـٰفِرُونَ ﴿24﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(The warner) said: "Even if I bring you better guidance than that which you found your fathers following?" They said: "Verily, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ 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
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
24. 1. That is, they were so firm in following their forefathers that even the clarification and reasoning of the Prophet could not turn them away from it. This verse is a great proof of the invalidity and evil of blind following (for details, see Fath al-Qadeer, by al-Shawkani).
