23وَكَذٰلِكَ ما أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ في قَريَةٍ مِن نَذيرٍ إِلّا قالَ مُترَفوها إِنّا وَجَدنا آباءَنا عَلىٰ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنّا عَلىٰ آثارِهِم مُقتَدونَ(Irfan-ul-Quran)And the same way We never sent any Warner to a town before you but their chiefs and the affluent people among them said: ‘Surely we found our fathers following a course and a religion and certainly we are following in their footsteps.’