وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- எனவே உங்களைப் போன்ற ஒரு மனிதருக்கு நீங்கள் கட்டுப்பட்டால் நிச்சயமாக நீங்கள் நஷ்டவாளிகளே!
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද නුඹලා මෙන් වූ මිනිසකුට නුඹලා යටත් වූයේ නම් එවිට නියත වශයෙන් ම නුඹලා අලාභවන්තයෝ වන්නෙහු ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اگر تم نے اپنے جیسے ہی انسان کی تابعداری کر لی ہے تو بےشک تم سخت خسارے والے ہو.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたが，自分と同じ人間に従うならば，必ず失敗するでしょう。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 如果你们顺从象你们样的一个凡人，你们必定是亏损的。
Tafsir of 23:34
The Story of `Ad or Thamud Allah tells us that after the people of Nuh, He created another nation. It was said that this was `Ad, because they were the successors of the people of Nuh. Or it was said that they were Thamud, because Allah says: فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ (So, the Sayhah overtook them in truth.) Allah sent to them a Messenger from among themselves, and he called them to worship Allah Alone with no partner or associate, but they belied him, opposed him and refused to follow him because he was a human being like them, and they refused to follow a human Messenger. They did not believe in the meeting with Allah on the Day of Resurrection and they denied the idea of physical resurrection. They said: أَيَعِدُكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ إِذَا مِتٌّمْ وَكُنتُمْ تُرَاباً وَعِظماً أَنَّكُمْ مُّخْرَجُونَ - هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ (Does he promise you that when you have died and have become dust and bones, you shall come out alive (resurrected) Far, very far is that which you are promised!) meaning, very unlikely.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
