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Al-Isra 36

Ayah 36 of 111 · Meccan

وَلَا تَقۡفُ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمۡعَ وَٱلۡبَصَرَ وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنۡهُ مَسۡـُٔولٗا ٣٦

And do not pursue1 that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., do not assume and do not say.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقۡفُpursuetaqfu
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  5. لَكَyou havelaka
  6. بِهِۦof itbihi
  7. عِلۡمٌۚany knowledgeʿil'mun
  8. إِنَّIndeedinna
  9. ٱلسَّمۡعَthe hearingl-samʿa
  10. وَٱلۡبَصَرَand the sightwal-baṣara
  11. وَٱلۡفُؤَادَand the heartwal-fuāda
  12. كُلُّallkullu
  13. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَthoseulāika
  14. كَانَwill bekāna
  15. عَنۡهُ[about it]ʿanhu
  16. مَسۡـُٔولٗاquestionedmasūlan

Tafsir

Do not follow - O son of Adam - that which you have no knowledge of, by following suspicions and conjecture. A person will be questioned about the good or bad that he used his hearing, sight and heart for and he will rewarded for the good and punished for the bad.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran