The Quran

سورة النّجْم

Surah Al-Najm 53:28

The Parts of the Qur‘ân · Verse 28 of 62

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

But they have no knowledge of the matter. They follow nothing but conjecture, yet by no means can a conjecture be a substitute for the established Truth.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

Ahmed Ali

Yet they have no knowledge of this, and follow nothing but conjecture, but conjecture cannot replace the truth.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

They have no knowledge of this. They follow nothing other than conjecture, and conjecture can never substitute for anything of the truth.

Daryabadi

And they have no knowledge thereof; they follow but a vain opinion, and verily a vain opinion attaineth not aught of the truth.

Faridul Haque

And they do not have any knowledge of it; they just follow assumption; and indeed assumption does not serve any purpose in place of the Truth.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they have no knowledge of it. They follow but conjecture, and surely conjecture avails naught against Truth.

Maulvi Sher Ali

But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails naught against truth.

Muhammad Asad

and [since] they have no knowledge whatever thereof, they follow nothing but surmise: yet, behold, never can surmise take the place of truth.

Muhammad Musin Khan

While they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.

Muhammad Pickthall

And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo! a guess can never take the place of the truth.

Muhammad Sarwar

They only follow mere conjecture which can never sufficiently replace the Truth.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

Rashad Khalifa

They had no knowledge about this; they only conjectured. Conjecture is no substitute for the truth.

Shabbir Ahmed

They have no knowledge about it. They follow nothing but guesswork. But guesswork can never free anyone from the reality of things.