Surah Al-Qamar (القمر) • The Moon

Quran 54:24

54:24

فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

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

Juz 27Page 529meccan

Word by Word

فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālūAnd said
أَبَشَرًۭاabasharanIs (it) a human being
مِّنَّاminnāamong us
وَٰحِدًۭاwāḥidanone
نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓnattabiʿuhu(that) we should follow him
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّفِىlafī(will be) surely in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror
وَسُعُرٍwasuʿurinand madness