Quran 17:36 — Al-Israa, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not follow blindly what you do not know to be true: ears, eyes, and heart, you will be questioned about all these.
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَـٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا
walā taqfu mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun inna l-samʿa wal-baṣara wal-fuāda kullu ulāika kāna ʿanhu masūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And pursue not that thou hast no knowledge of; the hearing, the sight, the heart -- all of those shall be questioned of.
- Muhammad Asad
- And never concern thyself with anything of which thou hast no knowledge: verily, [thy] hearing and sight and heart - all of them - will be called to account for it [on Judgment Day]!
- Sahih International
- And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَقْفُtaqfu | pursue | قفو |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 5 | لَكَlaka | you have | — |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 7 | عِلْمٌ ۚʿil'mun | any knowledge | علم |
| 8 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿa | the hearing | سمع |
| 10 | وَٱلْبَصَرَwal-baṣara | and the sight | بصر |
| 11 | وَٱلْفُؤَادَwal-fuāda | and the heart | فأد |
| 12 | كُلُّkullu | all | كلل |
| 13 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | those | — |
| 14 | كَانَkāna | will be | كون |
| 15 | عَنْهُʿanhu | [about it] | — |
| 16 | مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlan | questioned | سأل |