سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:78
The Cow · Verse 78 of 286
وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And (some) among them are illiterate, who do not know the Scripture except cramming it up, and are doing nothing but making conjectures.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture.
Ahmed Ali
Among them are heathens who know nothing of the Book but only what they wish to believe, and are only lost in fantasies.
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Ali Unal
Among them are the illiterate folk who do not know anything about the Book except fancies from hearsay, and merely follow their conjectures.
Daryabadi
And of them are unlettered ones who know not the Book but vain desires; and they do but conjecture.
Faridul Haque
And among them are the unlearned that do not know anything of the Book except to recite something therefrom or parts of their own fabrications; they are in absolute illusion.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And some of them are illiterate; they know not the Book but only (from) hearsay, and they do but conjecture.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And some of them are illiterate, they know not the book but their own false notions, and they do nothing but conjecture.
Muhammad Asad
And there are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the divine writ, [following] only wishful beliefs and depending on nothing but conjecture.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And there are among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess.
Muhammad Pickthall
Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but guess.
Muhammad Sarwar
Some of them are illiterate and have no knowledge of the Book except for what they know from legends and fantasy. They are only relying on conjecture.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they do but conjecture.
Rashad Khalifa
Among them are gentiles who do not know the scripture, except through hearsay, then assume that they know it.
Shabbir Ahmed
Among them are unlettered people who do not know the scripture, but learn their wishful beliefs through hearsay. They depend on nothing but conjecture.