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Quran 23:34

Surah Al-Muminoon, Verse 34

Juz 18 · Page 344 · Ruku 297 · Meccan

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

Word by word

وَلَئِنْ wala-in And surely if أَطَعْتُم aṭaʿtum you obey بَشَرًۭا basharan a man مِّثْلَكُمْ mith'lakum like you إِنَّكُمْ innakum indeed, you إِذًۭا idhan then لَّخَـٰسِرُونَ lakhāsirūna surely (will be) losers

Transliteration

Wala-in ataAAtum basharan mithlakuminnakum ithan lakhasiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"If ye obey a man like yourselves, behold, it is certain ye will be lost.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فكذبوه وخالفوه وأبوا عن اتباعه لكونه بشرا مثلهم واستنكفوا عن اتباع رسول بشري وكذبوا بلقاء الله في القيامة وأنكروا المعاد الجثماني.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.