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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 34

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٣٤

23:34 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 344 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:34

وَلَئِنْ أَطَعْتُم بَشَرًا مِّثْلَكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ ۝٣٤

Transliteration

wala-in aṭaʿtum basharan mith'lakum innakum idhan lakhāsirūna

Translation

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

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Verse 34 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 344 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 34

Al-Mukhtasar

“And if you were to follow a human just like you, you would indeed have been deceived into leaving aside your deities and following one who has no virtue over you.”

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Other translations of verse 34

If you obey a man like yourselves, you will surely be losers.

"If you were to obey a human being like yourselves, then verily you indeed would be losers.

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

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

And if you obey a mortal like yourselves, then most surely you will be losers:

And indeed in case you obey a mortal like yourselves, lo, surely you will indeed be the losers.

Verse 34 word by word

وَلَئِنْ wala-in And surely if
أَطَعْتُم aṭaʿtum you obey ط و ع
بَشَرًا basharan a man ب ش ر
مِّثْلَكُمْ mith'lakum like you م ث ل
إِنَّكُمْ innakum indeed, you
إِذًا idhan then
لَّخَٰسِرُونَ lakhāsirūna surely (will be) losers خ س ر

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