Tafsir of Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:23

﴿وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَا إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا عَلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم مُّقْتَدُونَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

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."

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

والأمة: الملة والطريقة،«الحسنة والسيئة» 1/89

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

فمنعهم الاقتداء بآبائهم من قبول الاهتداء، فقالوا: إنا بما أرسلتم به كافرون،«إعلام الموقعين عن رب العالمين» 2/132
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