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Surah Yunus (10) — Ayah 36
وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلَّا ظَنًّا ۚ إِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Certainly, conjecture can be of no avail against the truth. Surely, Allâh is All-Aware of what they do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
يَتَّبِعُ
yattabiʿu
follow
أَكْثَرُهُمْ
aktharuhum
most of them
إِلَّا
illā
except
ظَنًّا ۚ
ẓannan
assumption
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلظَّنَّ
l-ẓana
the assumption
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُغْنِى
yugh'nī
avail
مِنَ
mina
against
ٱلْحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
شَيْـًٔا ۚ
shayan
anything
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knower
بِمَا
bimā
of what
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
they do
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran (Facilitation of the Quran) is a comprehensive Quran commentary by Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. Known for his eloquent and accessible writing style, Kilani authored this tafsir with a focus on clarity — making Quranic meanings understandable to the common reader. The tafsir provides detailed historical context for verses related to battles and expeditions, and firmly refutes modernist ideologies using strong scriptural evidence. It is widely regarded as an invaluable resource for understanding the Quran and countering deviant interpretations. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
36. (The reality is that) most of them follow nothing but conjecture [51], whereas conjecture is of no avail against the truth. Surely, Allah knows well what they do.
[51]
The Foundation of Man-Made Laws of Life is Based on Assumption:
That is, those who laid the foundation of polytheistic beliefs and religions, or those who formulated laws of life for mankind, none of these things are based on knowledge, but merely on conjecture and illusions. This is why their results keep turning out to be wrong, and mankind constantly feels the need to amend and change them. And those who follow such religious or worldly leaders also do so based on assumption and guesswork, thinking that if prominent people say this, or if our forefathers have been saying or doing this, and the majority of people are following them, then these things must surely be correct. They too have no scholarly basis. Then how can wild guesses be of any use in the discussion of truth and reality? Remember, here "truth" refers to such definitive proofs that are present in the Book and the Sunnah.
[51]
The Foundation of Man-Made Laws of Life is Based on Assumption:
That is, those who laid the foundation of polytheistic beliefs and religions, or those who formulated laws of life for mankind, none of these things are based on knowledge, but merely on conjecture and illusions. This is why their results keep turning out to be wrong, and mankind constantly feels the need to amend and change them. And those who follow such religious or worldly leaders also do so based on assumption and guesswork, thinking that if prominent people say this, or if our forefathers have been saying or doing this, and the majority of people are following them, then these things must surely be correct. They too have no scholarly basis. Then how can wild guesses be of any use in the discussion of truth and reality? Remember, here "truth" refers to such definitive proofs that are present in the Book and the Sunnah.
