saying: "Are we to follow a human who stands alone among us? That would surely be an error and madness
Dr. Munir Munshey
And they said, "Must we follow (the advice of) a mortal being, (just) one man among us? If we did that, we would certainly go astray! (That is) sheer madness!"
Dr. Kamal Omar
So they said: “What! A human being from amongst us — all alone, (would) we follow him? Truly we then surely (would be) in error as well as (in) difficulty.”
And they said, `Shall we follow a man who hails from ourselves and is all alone? (If we do) indeed we, in that case, would be (involved) in a great error and (suffering from) insanity
They said, “Are we to follow a man like us? Indeed, we would then be astray from our faith and in foolishness.”
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
They said: "Is it in conformity with correct reasoning that one human among us and of human character would be the leader to follow? " We would be indeed at variance with what one approves or regards as right, and we would be of unsound mind"