Quran 2:78 — Al-Baqara, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork.
وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
wamin'hum ummiyyūna lā yaʿlamūna l-kitāba illā amāniyya wa-in hum illā yaẓunnūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some there are of them that are common folk not knowing the Book, but only fancies and mere conjectures.
- Muhammad Asad
- And there are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the divine writ, [following] only wishful beliefs and depending on nothing but conjecture.
- Sahih International
- And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنْهُمْwamin'hum | And among them | — |
| 2 | أُمِّيُّونَummiyyūna | (are) unlettered ones | أمم |
| 3 | لَاlā | (who) do not | — |
| 4 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the book | كتب |
| 6 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 7 | أَمَانِىَّamāniyya | wishful thinking | مني |
| 8 | وَإِنْwa-in | and not | — |
| 9 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | (do anything) except | — |
| 11 | يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūna | guess | ظنن |