Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 78
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وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
Waminhum ommiyyoona la yaAAlamoonaalkitaba illa amaniyya wa-in hum illayathunnoon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but guess.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
And some among them are illiterate who have no knowledge of the Book, but have some fancies and do nothing but conjecture.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And there are among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
Among them are also the unlettered folk who do not know about the Scriptures but cherish baseless wishes and merely follow their conjectures.