Quran 2 : 78

And among them (are) unlettered ones, (who) do not know the book except wishful thinking and not they (do anything) except guess.
وَمِنْهُمْ
Waminhum
أُمِّيُّونَ
Aummiyyūna
لَا
يَعْلَمُونَ
Yaʿlamūna
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
Alkitaāba
إِلَّآ
Iillaa
أَمَانِىَّ
Aamāniāāa
وَإِنْ
Waiin
هُمْ
Hum
إِلَّا
Iillā
يَظُنُّونَ
Yaẓunnūna

Safi Kaskas

Some of them are Gentiles, and know only a little of the Book. They are guessing.

Mustaqim

And amongst them are unlettered people who know the book only from hearsay and only presume.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Among them are unlettered ones who know nothing about the Scripture except wishful thinking.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but guess

Samy Mahdy

And among them illiterates who didn’t know the book except wishes, and they are guessing only.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And among them are Gentiles who do not know the Book except by hearsay, and they only conjecture.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And of them are unlettered ones who know not the Book but vain desires; and they do but conjecture

Talal Itani (2012)

And among them are uneducated who know the Scripture only through hearsay, and they only speculate

Aisha Bewley

Some of them are illiterate, knowing nothing of the Book but wishful thinking. They only speculate.

Shakir

And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they do but conjecture

The Study Quran

And among them are the illiterate who know nothing of the Book but hearsay, and they only conjecture

Musharraf Hussain

Some of them are illiterate; their knowledge of The Book is based onfalse hopes, and mere guess.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And among them are the unlettered who know nothing of the Book but fantasy. And, truly, they but surmise.

Abdel Haleem

Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork

Arthur John Arberry

And some there are of them that are common folk not knowing the Book, but only fancies and mere conjectures

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And some of them are illiterate; they know not the Book but only (from) hearsay, and they do but conjecture

Ali Quli Qara'i

And among them are the illiterate who know nothing of the Book except hearsay, and they only make conjectures

Rashad Khalifa

Among them are gentiles who do not know the scripture, except through hearsay, then assume that they know it.

Edward Henry Palmer

And some of them there are, illiterate folk, that know not the Book, but only idle tales; for they do but fancy

N J Dawood 2014

Some among them are illiterate, ignorant of the Book and know of nothing but wishful fancies and vague conjecture.

Bilal Muhammad 2018

There are among them illiterates who do not know the Book, but only their desires and they do nothing but speculate

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

And some of them are common (people) and do not know the Book, but only wishful thoughts, and they are only doubters

Shabbir Ahmed

Among them are the illiterate who do not know their Scripture except by hearsay and, therefore, depend on conjecture

The Wise Quran

And among them are illiterates, they do not know the Book except wishful thinking; and they do nothing except guess.

Hamid S. Aziz

And some of them there are, illiterate folk, that know not the Book, but their own fancies, conjectures and idle tales

Ahmed Ali

Among them are heathens who know nothing of the Book but only what they wish to believe, and are only lost in fantasies

John Medows Rodwell

But there are illiterates among them who are unacquainted with the Book, but with lies only, and have but vague fancies

Sher Ali

And some of them are illiterate, they know not the book but their own false notions, and they do nothing but conjecture

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

And some among them are illiterate who have no knowledge of the Book, but have some fancies and do nothing but conjecture

Abdul Hye

And among them, there are unlettered people who don’t know the book, but they trust false desires and they don’t but guess.

Dr. Munir Munshey

Some of them are illiterate and know nothing about the scriptures. They (only) have wishful fancies and (rely upon) conjecture

Hilali - Khan

And there are among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess

T.B.Irving

Some of them are illiterate and do not know the Book except to say "Amen" [to it]. They are merely guessing.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And among them are illiterates (who) do not know the Book except (only) fancies, and decidedly they do (nothing) except surmise

Corpus.Quran

And among them (are) unlettered ones (who) do not know the book except wishful thinking and not they (do anything) except guess

George Sale

But there are illiterate men among them, who know not the book of the law, but only lying stories, although they think otherwise

MunirMezyed2023

And (some) among them are illiterate, not having knowledge of the Scripture, except for hearsay. Indeed, they are just assuming.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And there are among them illiterates, who know not the Book, but (see therein their own) desires, and they do nothing but conjecture

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And some of them are illiterate who do not know the Book, but oral reading or their own false notions and they are in mere supposition.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And (some) among them are illiterate, who do not know the Scripture except cramming it up, and are doing nothing but making conjectures

Mohammad Shafi

And among them are illiterates who know nothing of the Book - they know nothing but their own desires/fancies. And they do not but guess

Munir Mezyed

And (some) among them are illiterate, not having knowledge the 'Scripture', (the 'Torah'), except hearsay. Indeed they are just assuming.

Ali Ünal

Among them are the illiterate folk who do not know anything about the Book except fancies from hearsay, and merely follow their conjectures

Linda "iLham" Barto

Among them are people who can’t read or write and don’t know the Book. They live by their own wishful thinking. They just make up things.

Bakhtiari Nejad

Some of them are uneducated (about God’s religion), they do not know the book except wishful thinking (and perception), and they only guess.

Fode Drame

And among them are those who are uninstructed. They do not know the book except for mere wishful thinking and all they do is but speculation.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And among them are the illiterate who know nothing about the Scripture except lies, and ˹so˺ they ˹wishfully˺ speculate.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And there are among them who cannot read and who do not know the Book, but (in it they see their own) desires, and they imagine without any basis

Muhammad Sarwar

Some of them are illiterate and have no knowledge of the Book except for what they know from legends and fantasy. They are only relying on conjecture

Wahiduddin Khan

There are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the Scriptures, knowing only their own wishful thinking and following only conjecture

Dr. Kamal Omar

And amongst them are Ummiyyun; they do not know Al-Kitab except (adhering to their) desires and they are not but those who nourish conjecture

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And from them (are) illiterates/belonging to a nation they do not know The Book except (as) wishes/desires/lies and that they are except assuming/ supposing

Maududi

Then there are among them some un-lettered people who have no knowledge of the Book but depend upon empty hopes and are guided by mere conjecture and guess-work

Muhammad Asad

And there are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the divine writ, [following] only wishful beliefs and depending on nothing but conjecture

Faridul Haque

And among them are the unlearned that do not know anything of the Book except to recite something therefrom or parts of their own fabrications; they are in absolute illusion

Irving/Hegab

Some of them (the Jews) are illiterate and do not know the Book (the Torah) except to say "Amen" [to it]. They are merely guessing.[that Muhammad’s characteristics are not there]

Mir Aneesuddin

And among them are the unlettered who do not (even) know (what is written in) the book (their religion is nothing) but hearsay (idle tales or lies) and they do nothing but guess.

Bijan Moeinian

Then some of them, who are illiterate and have not studied the Scriptures, rely upon false rumors and fabrications [thinking that what they say is written in the Scriptures.]

Ahmed Hulusi

There are among them (ummiyyiina) people who have no knowledge of the Book (knowledge of the reality), other than what they assume (based on their conditionings); they live with their (baseless) conjectures.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (some) amongst them (the Jews) are illiterate (as well) who do not know (even the bare minimum about the meaning and connotations of) the Book (except hearsay and false hopes). They know only to recite (the Book) verbally and follow mere speculation and assumption