فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَـٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "நம்மிலிருந்துள்ள ஒரு தனி மனிதரையா நாம் பின்பற்றுவோம்? (அப்படிச் செய்தால்) நாம் நிச்சயமாக வழி கேட்டிலும் பைத்தியத்திலும் இருப்போம்" என்றும் (அக்கூட்டத்தினர்) கூறினர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අපගෙන් එක් මිනිසෙකු වූ ඔහුව ද අපි අනුගමනය කළ යුත්තේ? නියත වශයෙන් ම අපි එවිට නොමගෙහි හා දුෂ්කරත්වය තුළ වන්නෙමු යැයි ඔවුහු පැවසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور کہنے لگے کیا ہمیں میں سے ایک شخص کی ہم فرمانبرداری کرنے لگیں؟ تب تو ہم یقیناً غلطی اور دیوانگی میں پڑے ہوئے ہوں گے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そしてかれらは言った。「何と，わたしたちの中の一介の人間ではないですか。どうしてこんな者に従いますか。それこそ邪道，気違い沙汰です。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 故他们说：我们同族的一个凡人，我们能顺从他吗？如果那样，我们必定陷于迷误和疯狂之中。
Tafsir of 54:24
The Story of Thamud Allah states here that the people of Thamud denied their Messenger Salih, فَقَالُواْ أَبَشَراً مِّنَّا وَحِداً نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّآ إِذاً لَّفِى ضَلَلٍ وَسُعُرٍ (And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!") They said, `We would have earned failure and loss if we all submitted to a man from among us.' They were amazed that the Reminder was sent to him alone among them, and therefore, accused him of being a liar, بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ (Nay, he is an insolent liar!), means, he has tresspassed the limits in his lies. Allah the Exalted responded, سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَداً مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الاٌّشِرُ (Tomorrow they will come to know who is the liar, the insolent one!), thus warning and threatening them and delivering a sure promise to them, إِنَّا مُرْسِلُواْ النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ (Verily, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them.) To test and try the people of Thamud, Allah sent to them a superb, pregnant female camel that emerged from solid rock, according to their request, so that it would become a proof against them from Allah, the Exalted.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
