Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:36

17:36

وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًا

walā taqfu mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun inna l-samʿa wal-baṣara wal-fuāda kullu ulāika kāna ʿanhu masūlan

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.

— Saheeh International

Do not follow blindly what you do not know to be true: ears, eyes, and heart, you will be questioned about all these.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And follow not (O man i.e., say not, or do not or witness not) that of which you have no knowledge. Verily! The hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those one will be questioned (by Allâh).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْفُtaqfupursue
مَاmāwhat
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكَlakayou have
بِهِۦbihiof it
عِلْمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearing
وَٱلْبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
وَٱلْفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
كُلُّkulluall
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
كَانَkānawill be
عَنْهُʿanhu[about it]
مَسْـُٔولًۭاmasūlanquestioned