بَلۡ قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدۡنَاۤ ءَابَاۤءَنَا عَلَىٰۤ أُمَّةࣲ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ۝٢٢
bal qālū innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ummatin wa-innā ʿalā āthārihim muh'tadūn
Abdel Haleem: No indeed! They say, ‘We saw our fathers following this tradition; we are guided by their footsteps.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
bal
بَل
Root: ب ل
Prep.
2
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
3
innā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
4
wajadnā
وَجَدَ
Root: و ج د
Verb
5
ābāanā
آباء
Root: أ ب و
Noun
6
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
7
ummatin
أُمَّة
Root: أ م م
Noun
8
wa-innā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
9
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
10
āthārihim
أَثَر
Root: أ ث ر
Noun
11
muh'tadūna
مُهْتَدي
Root: ه د ي
Noun