وَلَئِنۡ أَطَعۡتُم بَشَرٗا مِّثۡلَكُمۡ إِنَّكُمۡ إِذٗا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ٣٤
And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَلَئِنۡAnd surely ifwala-in
- أَطَعۡتُمyou obeyaṭaʿtum
- بَشَرٗاa manbasharan
- مِّثۡلَكُمۡlike youmith'lakum
- إِنَّكُمۡindeed, youinnakum
- إِذٗاthenidhan
- لَّخَٰسِرُونَsurely (will be) loserslakhāsirūna
Tafsir
“And if you were to follow a human just like you, you would indeed have been deceived into leaving aside your deities and following one who has no virtue over you.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran