Surah An-Najm (النجم) • The Star

Quran 53:28

53:28

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا

wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shayan

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

— Saheeh International

They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

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

Juz 27Page 527meccan

Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِهِۦbihiabout it
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍۖʿil'minknowledge
إِنinNot
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
إِلَّاillābut
ٱلظَّنَّۖl-ẓanaassumption
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanathe assumption
لَاlā(does) not
يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail
مِنَminaagainst
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything