Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
and [since] they have no knowledge whatever thereof, they follow nothing but surmise: yet, behold, never can surmise take the place of truth
Arthur John Arberry
They have not any knowledge thereof; they follow only surmise, and surmise avails naught against truth
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth
Arabic
وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِن یَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا یُغۡنِی مِنَ ٱلۡحَقِّ شَیۡءࣰا ٢٨
Transliteration (2021)
wamā lahum bihi min ʿil'min in yattabiʿūna illā l-ẓana wa-inna l-ẓana lā yugh'nī mina l-ḥaqi shaya