An-Najm (The Star)
Verse 28of 62
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًۭٔا﴿٢٨﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.
Word-by-word meaning
وَمَاwamāAnd not
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِهِۦbihiabout it
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
إِنinNot
يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
إِلَّاillābut
ٱلظَّنَّ ۖl-ẓanaassumption
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanathe assumption
لَاlā(does) not
يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail
مِنَminaagainst
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Refuting the Claim of the Idolators that the Angels are Allah's DaughtersAllah the Exalted admonishes the idolators for calling the angels female names and claiming that they are Allah's daughters. Allah is far removed from what they ascribe to Him.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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