Surah Al-Qamar 54:24 — translation and meaning

القمر · Verse 24 / 55 · Page 529

فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Word by Word

فَقَالُوا
faqalu
And said
أَبَشَرًا
abasharan
Is (it) a human being
مِّنَّا
minna
among us
وَاحِدًا
wahidan
one
نَّتَّبِعُهُ
nattabi'uhu
(that) we should follow him
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
إِذًا
idhan
then
لَّفِي
lafi
(will be) surely in
ضَلَالٍ
dalalin
error
وَسُعُرٍ
wasu'urin
and madness

Transliteration

Faqaalooo a-basharam minnaa waahidan nattabi'uhooo innaa izal lafee dalaalinw wa su'ur

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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