Jonah
10. Yūnus
يونس
Page #213
10:36
وَمَا
يَتَّبِعُ
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
إِلَّا
ظَنًّا
إِنَّ
الظَّنَّ
لَا
يُغْنِي
مِنَ
الْحَقِّ
شَيْئًا
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
عَلِيمٌ
بِمَا
يَفْعَلُونَ
wa-mā yattabiʿu ʾaktharuhum ʾillā ẓannan ʾinna ẓ-ẓanna lā yughnī mina l-ḥaqqi shayʾan ʾinna llāha ʿalīmun bi-mā yafʿalūna
Most of them just follow conjecture; indeed conjecture is no substitute for the truth. Indeed Allah knows best what they do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
But most of them follow nothing but fancy: truly fancy can be of no avail against truth. Verily Allah is well aware of all that they do.
