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Al-Qamar 24

Ayah 24 of 55 · Meccan

فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرٗا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدٗا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ وَسُعُرٍ ٢٤

And said, "Is it one human being1 among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the prophet Ṣāliḥ.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَقَالُوٓاْAnd saidfaqālū
  2. أَبَشَرٗاIs (it) a human beingabasharan
  3. مِّنَّاamong usminnā
  4. وَٰحِدٗاonewāḥidan
  5. نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ(that) we should follow himnattabiʿuhu
  6. إِنَّآIndeed, weinnā
  7. إِذٗاthenidhan
  8. لَّفِي(will be) surely inlafī
  9. ضَلَٰلٖerrorḍalālin
  10. وَسُعُرٍand madnesswasuʿurin

Tafsir

They condemningly said: Shall we follow a human from our species, who is alone? If we follow him in this state, we will be astray from what is correct and will be in difficulty.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran