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Al-An'am 116

Ayah 116 of 165 · Meccan

وَإِن تُطِعۡ أَكۡثَرَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ١١٦

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.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Out of ignorance and blind imitation.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. تُطِعۡyou obeytuṭiʿ
  3. أَكۡثَرَmostakthara
  4. مَنofman
  5. فِي(those) infī
  6. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  7. يُضِلُّوكَthey will mislead youyuḍillūka
  8. عَنfromʿan
  9. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  10. ٱللَّهِۚ(of) Allahl-lahi
  11. إِنNotin
  12. يَتَّبِعُونَthey followyattabiʿūna
  13. إِلَّاexceptillā
  14. ٱلظَّنَّ[the] assumptionl-ẓana
  15. وَإِنۡand notwa-in
  16. هُمۡthey (do)hum
  17. إِلَّاexceptillā
  18. يَخۡرُصُونَguessyakhruṣūna

Tafsir

If you, O Messenger, supposedly followed most of the people on earth, they would mislead you from Allah’s religion. Allah’s custom has always been that the truth is with the minority. Most people follow nothing but speculation that has no basis and they think that those whom they worship will bring them close to Allah, whereas they are completely wrong in believing this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran