Quran 43:22

بَلْ قَالُوا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ

Ahmad Ali

In fact they say: "We found our fathers following a certain way, and are guided by their footprints."

Ali Qarai

No, they said, ‘We found our fathers following a creed, and we are indeed guided in their footsteps.’

Amhad Khan

Rather they said, “We found our forefathers upon a religion, and we are following their footsteps.”

Arberry

Nay, but they say, 'We found our fathers upon a community, and we are guided upon their traces.'

Corpus Quran

Nay, they say, "Indeed, we [we] found our forefathers upon a religion and indeed, we on their footsteps (are) guided."

Daryabadi

Nay! they say: verily we have found our fathers on a certain way, and verily by their footsteps we are guided.

Hilali & Khan

Nay! They say: "We found our fathers following a certain way and religion, and we guide ourselves by their footsteps."

Maududi

Nay; they simply claim: “We found our forefathers on a way, and we continue to find guidance in their footsteps.”

Muhammad Sarwar

In fact, they say, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we now follow in their footsteps for our guidance".

Muhammad Shakir

Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.

Pickthall

Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.

Qaribullah

No, but they say: 'We found our fathers following a creed, and by following in their footsteps we are guided.

Sahih Intl

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

Talal Itani

But they say, “We found our parents on a course, and we are guided in their footsteps.”

Wahihuddin Khan

No indeed! They say, "We have found our fathers following a certain course, and we are guided by their footsteps."

Yusuf Ali

Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."