Quran 3:66 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You argue about some things of which you have some knowledge, but why do you argue about things of which you know nothing? God knows and you do not.
هَا أَنْتُمْ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ حَاجَجْتُمْ فِيمَا لَكُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلِمَ تُحَاجُّونَ فِيمَا لَيْسَ لَكُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
hāantum hāulāi ḥājajtum fīmā lakum bihi ʿil'mun falima tuḥājjūna fīmā laysa lakum bihi ʿil'mun wal-lahu yaʿlamu wa-antum lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ha, you are the ones who dispute on what you know; why then dispute you touching a matter of which you know not anything? God knows, and you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! You are the ones who would argue about that which is known to you; but why do you argue about something which is unknown to you? Yet God knows [it], whereas you do not know:
- Sahih International
- Here you are - those who have argued about that of which you have [some] knowledge, but why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allāh knows, while you know not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantum | Here you are | — |
| 2 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | those who | — |
| 3 | حَـٰجَجْتُمْḥājajtum | argued | حجج |
| 4 | فِيمَاfīmā | about what | — |
| 5 | لَكُمlakum | [for] you | — |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 7 | عِلْمٌۭʿil'mun | (have some) knowledge | علم |
| 8 | فَلِمَfalima | Then why | — |
| 9 | تُحَآجُّونَtuḥājjūna | (do) you argue | حجج |
| 10 | فِيمَاfīmā | about what | — |
| 11 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 12 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 13 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 14 | عِلْمٌۭ ۚʿil'mun | (any) knowledge | علم |
| 15 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 16 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 17 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 18 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 19 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |