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An-Najm 53:28

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغۡنِي مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَيۡـٔٗا

although they have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions. And surely assumptions can in no way replace the truth.

Word by word

وَمَا
wamā
And not
Vocabulary
لَهُم
lahum
for them
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بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
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مِنۡ
min
any
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عِلۡمٍۖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
Vocabulary
Root: علم
إِن
in
Not
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يَتَّبِعُونَ
yattabiʿūna
they follow
Vocabulary
Root: تبع
إِلَّا
illā
but
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ٱلظَّنَّۖ
l-ẓana
assumption
Vocabulary
Root: ظنن
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
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ٱلظَّنَّ
l-ẓana
the assumption
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Root: ظنن
لَا
lā
(does) not
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يُغۡنِي
yugh'nī
avail
Vocabulary
Root: غني
مِنَ
mina
against
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ٱلۡحَقِّ
l-ḥaqi
the truth
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Root: حقق
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
anything
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Root: شيا

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.