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Yunus (Jonah)

Verse 36of 109

وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
يَتَّبِعُyattabiʿufollow
أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
إِلَّاillāexcept
ظَنًّا ۚẓannanassumption
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanathe assumption
لَا(does) not
يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail
مِنَminaagainst
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
شَيْـًٔا ۚshayananything
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
بِمَاbimāof what
يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

This invalidates and falsifies their claims for committing Shirk withAllah and worshipping different idols and rivalsقُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُمْ مَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ(Say: "Is there of your partners one that originates the creation and then repeats it") meaning, who is the one who started the creation of these heavens and earth and created all the creatures in them Who can place the planets and the stars in their positions Who can then repeat the process of the creation قُلِ ال...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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