And said: "Should we follow only one man among us? In that case we shall he in error and insane.

So they said, “What! Shall we follow a man from among us? If we do, we are indeed astray, and insane!”

and said, 'What, shall we follow a mortal, one out of ourselves? Then indeed we should be in error and insanity!

and they said: “Are we to follow one single mortal, one from among ourselves? In that case, behold, we would certainly sink into error and folly!

And they said: a mere humanbeing from amongst us, and single! shall we follow him! verily then we should fall in error and madness.

For they said: "A man! Alone from among us, that we are to follow? Truly, then we should be in error and distress or madness!"

They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.

They said, “Are we to follow one of us, a human being? We would then go astray, and end up in Hell.

They said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we would be misguided and insane.

They said, “Shall we follow a single human being from among us? Then we would be misguided and insane.

arguing, “How can we follow one ˹average˺ human being from among us? We would then truly be misguided and insane.

saying: “Are we to follow a single mortal, one from among ourselves? If we do that, we shall surely be in error and folly.

And they said: "A man, alone among us -- shall we follow him Truly, then we should be in error and distress!"

For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

and they said, ‘Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness.’

They said: 'Are we to follow a mortal who is one of us? Then indeed, we would surely be in error and insane.

And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

They said, "Should we follow only one person among us. We shall be clearly in error and in trouble (if we do so).

So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:

Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurin

faqālū abasharan minnā wāḥidan nattabiʿuhu innā idhan lafī ḍalālin wasuʿurin

they said, "Are we to follow a man from amongst ourselves? We would surely then fall into error and madness.

For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!