Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:116

6:116

وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

wa-in tuṭiʿ akthara man fī l-arḍi yuḍillūka ʿan sabīli l-lahi in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-in hum illā yakhruṣūna

And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allāh. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but misjudging.

— Saheeh International

If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would lead you away from the path of God. They follow nothing but speculation; they are merely guessing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allâh’s Path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie.

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

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وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُطِعْtuṭiʿyou obey
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
مَنmanof
فِىfī(those) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
يُضِلُّوكَyuḍillūkathey will mislead you
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنinNot
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓana[the] assumption
وَإِنْwa-inand not
هُمْhumthey (do)
إِلَّاillāexcept
يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnaguess