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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 116of 165

وَإِن تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ﴿١١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنwa-inAnd if
تُطِعْtuṭiʿyou obey
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
مَنmanof
فِى(those) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
يُضِلُّوكَyuḍillūkathey will mislead you
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
إِنinNot
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓana[the] assumption
وَإِنْwa-inand not
هُمْhumthey (do)
إِلَّاillāexcept
يَخْرُصُونَyakhruṣūnaguess

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Most People are MisguidedAllah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat, وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ (And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them.) 37:71 and, وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ (And most of mankind will not believe even if you eagerly desire it.)12:103 They are misguided, yet they have doubts about their way, and they rely on wishful thinking and delusions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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