The Quran

سورة القَمَر

Surah Al-Qamar 54:24

The Moon · Verse 24 of 55

فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِنَّا وَاحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

Abdul Mannan 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.

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!

Ahmed Ali

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

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Ali Unal

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!

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.

Faridul Haque

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

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they said, `What ! shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then, indeed, we would be in manifest error, and suffering from madness.

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!

Muhammad Musin 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!"

Muhammad 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).

Muhammed ali 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:

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.

Shabbir Ahmed

And they said, “What! Shall we follow a solitary mortal among us? Then we would certainly fall into error and folly.