43: Surah Az-Zukhruf - Part 5
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وَقَالُوا۟
waqālū
And they say
لَوْ
law
If
شَآءَ
shāa
had willed
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
l-raḥmānu
the Most Gracious
مَا
we would not have worshipped them
عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗ
ʿabadnāhum
we would not have worshipped them
مَّا
Not
لَهُم
lahum
they have
بِذَٰلِكَ
bidhālika
about that
مِنْ
min
any
عِلْمٍ ۖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِنْ
in
Nothing
هُمْ
hum
they (do)
إِلَّا
illā
but
يَخْرُصُونَ
yakhruṣūna
lie
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أَمْ
am
Or
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْ
ātaynāhum
have We given them
كِتَـٰبًۭا
kitāban
a book
مِّن
min
before it
قَبْلِهِۦ
qablihi
before it
فَهُم
fahum
so they
بِهِۦ
bihi
to it
مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ
mus'tamsikūna
(are) holding fast
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بَلْ
bal
Nay
قَالُوٓا۟
qālū
they say
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
وَجَدْنَآ
wajadnā
[we] found
ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
upon
أُمَّةٍۢ
ummatin
a religion
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
on
ءَاثَـٰرِهِم
āthārihim
their footsteps
مُّهْتَدُونَ
muh'tadūna
(are) guided
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