سُوْرَةُ النَّجْمِ
Surah An-Najm (53) — Ayah 28
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ﴿28﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
But they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
لَهُم
lahum
for them
بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
مِنْ
min
any
عِلْمٍ ۖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
إِن
in
Not
يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabiʿūna
they follow
إِلَّا
illā
but
ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ
l-ẓana
assumption
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱلظَّنَّ
l-ẓana
the assumption
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُغْنِى
yugh'nī
avail
مِنَ
mina
against
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
