The Quran

سورة الاٴنعَام

Surah Al-An‘âm 6:116

The Cattle · Verse 116 of 165

وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Should you obey the majority of those on earth, they would lead you astray from Allâh´s way. They follow nothing but mere surmise and they do nothing but make conjectures.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead thee away from the way of Allah. They follow nothing but conjecture: they do nothing but lie.

Ahmed Ali

If you follow the majority of people on the earth, they will lead you astray from the path of God, for they follow only conjecture and surmise.

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Ali Unal

And if you pay heed to the majority of those on the earth, they will lead you astray from God’s way. They follow only conjecture (not knowledge), and they themselves do nothing but make guesses (they pronounce and act according to their fancies, selfish interests, and personal value judgments).

Daryabadi

And if thou obeyedest most of those on the earth, they would lead thee astray from the way of Allah; they follow not but their fancy, and they only conjecture.

Faridul Haque

And O listener, (followers of the Prophet) most of the people on earth are such that were you to obey them, they would mislead you from Allah’s way; they follow only assumptions and they only make guesses.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if thou obey most of those in the earth, they will lead thee astray from Allah

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if thou obey most of those on earth, they will lead thee astray from ALLAH's way. They follow nothing but mere conjecture, and they do nothing but lie.

Muhammad Asad

Now if thou pay heed unto the majority of those [who live] on earth, they will but lead thee astray from the path of God: they follow but [other people's] conjectures, and they themselves do nothing but guess.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if you obey most of those on earth, they will mislead you far away from Allah's Path. They follow nothing but conjectures, and they do nothing but lie.

Muhammad Pickthall

If thou obeyedst most of those on earth they would mislead thee far from Allah's way. They follow naught but an opinion, and they do but guess.

Muhammad Sarwar

Most of the people in the land will lead you away from God's guidance if you follow them; they only follow their own conjecture and preach falsehood.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you astray from Allah's way; they follow but conjecture and they only lie.

Rashad Khalifa

If you obey the majority of people on earth, they will divert you from the path of GOD. They follow only conjecture; they only guess.

Shabbir Ahmed

(People will confront you with what the majority is doing.) Now if you pay heed to, or get intimidated by majority of those who live on earth, they will lead you astray from God’s way. Most of the people follow nothing but conjecture and they only live by guesswork.