Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:34

23:34

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ

wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

— Saheeh International

and you will really be losers if you obey a mortal like yourselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, then verily you indeed would be losers.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd surely if
أَطَعْتُمaṭaʿtumyou obey
بَشَرًۭاbasharana man
مِّثْلَكُمْmith'lakumlike you
إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed, you
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّخَـٰسِرُونَlakhāsirūnasurely (will be) losers