Surah An-Najm, Ayah 28 (53:28)

ٱلنَّجْم

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِى مِنَ …

Quran 53:28 is ayah 28 of Surah An-Najm (“The Star”), a Meccan surah of 62 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 527 of the Madani Mushaf.

53:28
وَمَالَهُمبِهِۦمِنْعِلْمٍ ۖإِنيَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّاٱلظَّنَّ ۖوَإِنَّٱلظَّنَّلَايُغْنِىمِنَٱلْحَقِّشَئًْا٢٨
wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shayan

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.(28)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. لَهُمlahumfor them
  3. بِهِۦbihiabout it
  4. مِنْminany
  5. عِلْمٍ ۖʿil'minknowledge
  6. إِنinNot
  7. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey follow
  8. إِلَّاillābut
  9. ٱلظَّنَّ ۖl-ẓanaassumption
  10. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  11. ٱلظَّنَّl-ẓanathe assumption
  12. لَاlā(does) not
  13. يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail
  14. مِنَminaagainst
  15. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
  16. شَئًْاshayananything

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