وَکَذَلِکَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ فِی قَرْیَة مِنْ نَذِیر إِلاَّ قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَى أُمَّة وَإِنَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ مُقْتَدُونَ(( 23 ))
23- AND SO DID WE NOT SEND BEFORE YOU ANY WARNER TO ANY CITY, EXCEPT THAT ITS PROSPEROUS INHABITANTS SAID:- ``WE HAVE FOUND OUR FATHERS BEING UPON A CREED, AND WE ARE IMITATING THEIR TRACES.'' (WE FOLLOW THEM AS EXAMPLES)
قَالَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُکُمْ بِأَهْدَى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُمْ عَلَیْهِ آبَاءَکُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهِ کَافِرُونَ(( 24 ))
24- HE SAID:- ``WHAT IF I BRING YOU A BETTER (IN GUIDANCE) THAN WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR FATHERS UPON IT?''
THEY SAID:- ``WE DISBELIEVE THAT, WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN SENT WITH.''
فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانظُرْ کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُکَذِّبِینَ(( 25 ))
25- SO WE TOOK VENGEANCE ON THEM. THEN LOOK HOW WAS THE END OF THOSE WHO BELIED OUR SIGNS.