سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ
Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 24
فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ ﴿24﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And they said: "A man, alone among us - shall we follow him? Truly then we should be in error and distress (or madness)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَقَالُوٓا۟
faqālū
And said
أَبَشَرًۭا
abasharan
Is (it) a human being
مِّنَّا
minnā
among us
وَٰحِدًۭا
wāḥidan
one
نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ
nattabiʿuhu
(that) we should follow him
إِنَّآ
innā
Indeed, we
إِذًۭا
idhan
then
لَّفِى
lafī
(will be) surely in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
error
وَسُعُرٍ
wasuʿurin
and madness
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
24. 1. That is, to accept a human as a messenger, in their view, was misguidance and madness.
