وَكَذَٰلِكَ

مَآ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

مِن

قَبۡلِكَ

فِي

قَرۡيَةٖ

مِّن

نَّذِيرٍ

إِلَّا

قَالَ

مُتۡرَفُوهَآ

إِنَّا

وَجَدۡنَآ

ءَابَآءَنَا

عَلَىٰٓ

أُمَّةٖ

وَإِنَّا

عَلَىٰٓ

ءَاثَٰرِهِم

مُّقۡتَدُونَ

٢٣

Similarly, whenever We sent a warner to a society before you ˹O Prophet˺, its ˹spoiled˺ elite would say, “We found our forefathers following a ˹particular˺ way, and we are walking in their footsteps.”