Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:78

2:78

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

wamin'hum ummiyyūna lā yaʿlamūna l-kitāba illā amāniyya wa-in hum illā yaẓunnūna

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

— Saheeh International

Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there are among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess.

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

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وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humAnd among them
أُمِّيُّونَummiyyūna(are) unlettered ones
لَاlā(who) do not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَمَانِىَّamāniyyawishful thinking
وَإِنْwa-inand not
هُمْhumthey
إِلَّاillā(do anything) except
يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnaguess