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Al-Baqarah 78

Ayah 78 of 286 · Medinan

وَمِنۡهُمۡ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ٧٨

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡهُمۡAnd among themwamin'hum
  2. أُمِّيُّونَ(are) unlettered onesummiyyūna
  3. لَا(who) do notlā
  4. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna
  5. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe bookl-kitāba
  6. إِلَّآexceptillā
  7. أَمَانِيَّwishful thinkingamāniyya
  8. وَإِنۡand notwa-in
  9. هُمۡtheyhum
  10. إِلَّا(do anything) exceptillā
  11. يَظُنُّونَguessyaẓunnūna

Tafsir

A group of them do not know how to read or write and do not know what is in the Torah or what it says. They have only lies which they heard from some of their leaders, and think it is the Torah revealed by Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran