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And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."
Tafsir
Verse range: 43:23
{مترفوها} Those whom luxury has made insolent (aṭrafathum an-niʿmah), meaning it has made them arrogant (abṭarathum). Thus, they love nothing but desires and amusements, and they loathe the hardships and obligations of religion.
{قُلْ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاءَكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا إِنَّا بِمَا أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِ كَافِرُونَ * فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۖ فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ}
"Say, 'Even if I brought you better guidance than that upon which you found your fathers?' They said, 'Indeed, we are, in that with which you have been sent, disbelievers.' So We took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers."
