Surah Al-Baqara 2:78 — translation and meaning
البقرة · Verse 78 / 286 · Page 12
وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
Word by Word
وَمِنْهُمْ
wamin'hum
And among them
أُمِّيُّونَ
ummiyyuna
(are) unlettered ones
لَا
la
(who) do not
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
know
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the book
إِلَّا
illa
except
أَمَانِيَّ
amaniyya
wishful thinking
وَإِنْ
wa-in
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
إِلَّا
illa
(do anything) except
يَظُنُّونَ
yazunnuna
guess
Transliteration
Wa minhum ummiyyoona laa ya'lamoonal kitaaba illaaa amaaniyya wa in hum illaa yazunnoon
Translation
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
A group of them do not know how to read or write and do not know what is in the Torah or what it says. They have only lies which they heard from some of their leaders, and think it is the Torah revealed by Allah.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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