Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Qamar, Ayah 24
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(For they said: Is it a mortal man) he is a human being like us, (alone among us, that we are to follow) his matter and religion? (Then) if we follow him (indeed we should fall into error) in manifest error (and madness) tiredness and toil.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
and they said ‘Is it a mortal basharan is in the accusative because it is governed by a succeeding verb alone among us minnā wāhidan are both adjectives of basharan that we are to follow? nattabi‘uhu this explains the verb which renders it basharan ‘mortal’ accusative; the interrogative is meant as a negative in other words why should we follow him when there are many of us and he is only one among us and not a king? That is to say we will not follow him. Then indeed if we were to follow him we would be in error a parting with reason and insanity!