Quran 54:24 — Al-Qamar, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!
فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity!
- Muhammad Asad
- and they said: “Are we to follow one single mortal, one from among ourselves? In that case, behold, we would certainly sink into error and folly!
- Sahih International
- And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālū | And said | قول |
| 2 | أَبَشَرًۭاabasharan | Is (it) a human being | بشر |
| 3 | مِّنَّاminnā | among us | — |
| 4 | وَٰحِدًۭاwāḥidan | one | وحد |
| 5 | نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓnattabiʿuhu | (that) we should follow him | تبع |
| 6 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 7 | إِذًۭاidhan | then | — |
| 8 | لَّفِىlafī | (will be) surely in | — |
| 9 | ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālin | error | ضلل |
| 10 | وَسُعُرٍwasuʿurin | and madness | سعر |