Sura al-Zukhruf 43:22

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿala ummatin wa-innā ʿala āthārihim muhtadūna

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

Sura al-Zukhruf 43:23

وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ

wa-ka-dhālika mā arsalnā min qablika fī qaryatin min nnadhīrin illā qalā mutrafūhā innā wajadnā ābāʾanā ʿala ummatin wa-innā ʿala āthārihim muqtadūna

Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."

Sura al-Zukhruf 43:24

قَٰلَ أَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُم بِأَهْدَىٰ مِمَّا وَجَدتُّمْ عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

qalā awalaw jiʾtukum biahda mimmā wajadttum ʿalayhi ābāʾakum qālū innā bimā ursiltum bihi kāfirūna

He said: "What! Even if I brought you better guidance than that which ye found your fathers following?" They said: "For us, we deny that ye (prophets) are sent (on a mission at all)."

Sura al-Zukhruf 43:26

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّنِى بَرَآءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ

wa-idh qalā ibrāhīmu li-abīhi wa-qawmihi innanī barāʾun mimmā taʿbudūna

Behold! Abraham said to his father and his people: "I do indeed clear myself of what ye worship:

Sura al-Zukhruf 43:29

بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

bal mattaʿtu hāʾulāʾi wa-ābāahum ḥattā jāʾahumu l-ḥaqqu wa-rasūlun mubīnun

Yea, I have given the good things of this life to these (men) and their fathers, until the Truth has come to them, and a messenger making things clear.