Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qamar Verse 24

Mufti Taqi Usmani

So they said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we will be in error and insanity.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

arguing, “How can we follow one ˹average˺ human being from among us? We would then truly be misguided and insane.

Ruwwad Translation Center

They said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we would surely be in error and insanity!

A. J. Arberry

and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity!

Abdul Haleem

they said, ‘What? A man? Why should we follow a lone man from amongst ourselves? That would be misguided; quite insane!

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they said: a mere humanbeing from amongst us, and single! shall we follow him! verily then we should fall in error and madness.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For they said; "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!

Abul Ala Maududi

saying: “Are we to follow a single mortal, one from among ourselves? If we do that, we shall surely be in error and folly.

Ahmed Ali

And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.

Ahmed Raza Khan

So they said, “What! Shall we follow a man from among us? If we do, we are indeed astray, and insane!”

Ali Quli Qarai

and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’

Ali Ünal

They said: "What? A mortal from among us, all alone – shall we follow him? Then indeed we would be lost in a strange error and madness!

Amatul Rahman Omar

And they said, `Shall we follow a man who hails from ourselves and is all alone? (If we do) indeed we, in that case, would be (involved) in a great error and (suffering from) insanity.

English Literal

So they said: "Is a human from (among) us, one, we follow him? We are then in misguidance and madness."

Faridul Haque

So they said, “What! Shall we follow a man from among us? If we do, we are indeed astray, and insane!”

Hamid S. Aziz

So they said, "What! A single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall then be in sure error and madness:

Hilali & Khan

For they said: "A man! Alone from among us, that we are to follow? Truly, then we should be in error and distress or madness!"

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely We sent on them a furious wind in a day of bitter ill-luck,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Should we follow only one person among us. We shall be clearly in error and in trouble (if we do so).

Qaribullah & Darwish

They said: 'Are we to follow a mortal who is one of us? Then indeed, we would surely be in error and insane.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!"

Wahiduddin Khan

they said, "Are we to follow a man from amongst ourselves? We would surely then fall into error and madness.

Talal Itani

They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.

Tafsir jalalayn

and they said, `Is it a mortal (basharan is in the accusative because it is governed [by a succeeding verb]) alone among us (minn whidan are both adjectives of basharan) that we are to follow? (nattabi`uhu, this explains the verb which renders it [basharan, `mortal'] accusative; the interrogative is meant as a negative, in other words; why should we follow him when there are many of us and he is only one among us and not a king? That is to say, we will not follow him). Then indeed, if we were to follow him, we would be in error, a parting with reason, and insanity!

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

And they said;"A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!"

They said, `We would have earned failure and loss if we all submitted to a man from among us.'

They were amazed that the Reminder was sent to him alone among them, and therefore, accused him of being a liar