Quran 53:28 — An-Najm, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth.
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا
wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shayan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They have not any knowledge thereof; they follow only surmise, and surmise avails naught against truth.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [since] they have no knowledge whatever thereof, they follow nothing but surmise: yet, behold, never can surmise take the place of truth.
- Sahih International
- And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 3 | بِهِۦbihi | about it | — |
| 4 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 5 | عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 6 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 7 | يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūna | they follow | تبع |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 9 | ٱلظَّنَّ ۖl-ẓana | assumption | ظنن |
| 10 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓana | the assumption | ظنن |
| 12 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 13 | يُغْنِىyugh'nī | avail | غني |
| 14 | مِنَmina | against | — |
| 15 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 16 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |