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Za-Nun-Nun
To think, suppose, doubt, assume, deem, believe, know, imagine, suspect, conjunctive, be sure of something in view of one's observations. As a general rule often this verb is succeeded by 'anna or 'an, that means to be sure about.
Zanna
(prf. 3rd. p.m. sing, assim.):
He thought, imagined, deemed, assumed, believed, conjectured, suspected, He was sure.
Zanantu
(prf. 1st, p.m. sing.):
I was sure.
Zannaa
(prf. 3rd. p.m. dual.):
The twain thought.
Zannuu
(prf. 3rd. p.m. plu.):
They imagined.
Zanantum
(prf. 2nd p.m. plu.):
Ye thought.
Zananna
(prf. 1st. p. plu.):
We thought.
Yazunnu
(imp. 3rd. p.m. sing.):
He thinks.
Tazunnu
(imp. 3rd. p. f. sing.):
She thinks.
Azunnu
(imp. 1st. P. sing.):
I think.
Yazunnuuna
(imp. 3rd, p. in. plu.):
They know, believe, conjuncture.
Tazunnuuna
(imp. 2nd. p.m. plu.):
You entertained wrong thoughts.
Nazunnu
(imp. 1st. p. plu.):
We deem.
Zannun/Zannan
(nom./acc.n.):
Thinking, Conjecture.
Zunuuna
(n. plu.):
Diverse thoughts.
Zaanniina
(act. pic. n. plu.):
Entertainers of evil thought.
ZANNA
verb I perfect
to think, to,bear in mind, to surmise
2:230
فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلاَ تَحِلُّ لَه ُُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتَّى تَنكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَه ُُ فَإِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَا إِنْ ظَنَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْم ٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
Fa'in Ţallaqahā Falā Taĥillu Lahu Min Ba`du Ĥattá Tankiĥa Zawjāan Ghayrahu Fa'in Ţallaqahā Falā Junāĥa `Alayhimā 'An Yatarāja`ā 'In žannā 'An Yuqīmā Ĥudūda Allāhi Wa Tilka Ĥudūdu Allāhi Yubayyinuhā Liqawmin Ya`lamūna
So if he divorces her again, then she will not be lawful for him until after she has married a different husband; if he divorces her; then there is no sin that they come back together if they think they will uphold the boundaries of God. These are the boundaries of God, He clarifies them for a people who know.
7:171
وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّه ُُ ظُلَّة ٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّه ُُ وَاقِع ٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّة ٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيه ِِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Wa 'Idh Nataqnā Al-Jabala Fawqahum Ka'annahu žullatun Wa žannū 'Annahu Wāqi`un Bihim Khudhū Mā 'Ātaynākum Biqūwatin Wa Adhkurū Mā Fīhi La`allakum Tattaqūna
And We raised the mountain above them as if it were a cloud, and they thought it would fall on them: "Take what We have given you with strength and remember what is in it that you may be righteous."
9:118
وَعَلَى الثَّلاَثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا حَتَّى إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوا أَنْ لاَ مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ
Wa `Alá Ath-Thalāthati Al-Ladhīna Khullifū Ĥattá 'Idhā Đāqat `Alayhimu Al-'ArĐu Bimā Raĥubat Wa Đāqat `Alayhim 'Anfusuhum Wa žannū 'An Lā Malja'a Mina Allāhi 'Illā 'Ilayhi Thumma Tāba `Alayhim Liyatūbū 'Inna Allāha Huwa At-Tawwābu Ar-Raĥīmu
And also the three who were left behind, until the land, as vast as it is, became strained to them, and their very souls became strained, and they thought there was no shelter from God except to Him. Then He pardoned them that they may repent. God is the Redeemer, the Merciful.
10:22
هُوَ الَّذِي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِرِيح ٍ طَيِّبَة ٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَاءَتْهَا رِيحٌ عَاصِف ٌ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَان ٍ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ أُحِيطَ بِهِمْ دَعَوْا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ لَئِنْ أَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هَذِه ِِ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ
Huwa Al-Ladhī Yusayyirukum Fī Al-Barri Wa Al-Baĥri Ĥattá 'Idhā Kuntum Fī Al-Fulki Wa Jarayna Bihim Birīĥin Ţayyibatin Wa Fariĥū Bihā Jā'at/hā Rīĥun `Āşifun Wa Jā'ahumu Al-Mawju Min Kulli Makānin Wa žannū 'Annahum 'Uĥīţa Bihim Da`aw Allāha Mukhlişīna Lahu Ad-Dīna La'in 'Anjaytanā Min Hadhihi Lanakūnanna Mina Ash-Shākirīna
He is the One who carries you on land and on the sea. And when you are on the ships and We drive them with a good wind which they rejoice with, a strong gust comes to them and the waves come to them from all sides, and they think that they are finished, they implore God with loyalty and devotion to His system: "If You save us from this, we will be of the thankful."
10:24
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاه ُُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِه ِِ نَبَاتُ الأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالأَنعَام حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَتِ الأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَتَاهَا أَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً أَوْ نَهَارا ً فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدا ً كَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالأَمْسِ كَذَلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الآيَاتِ لِقَوْم ٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
'Innamā Mathalu Al-Ĥayāati Ad-Dunyā Kamā'in 'Anzalnāhu Mina As-Samā'i Fākhtalaţa Bihi Nabātu Al-'ArĐi Mimmā Ya'kulu An-Nāsu Wa Al-'An`ām Ĥattá 'Idhā 'Akhadhati Al-'ArĐu Zukhrufahā Wa Azzayyanat Wa žanna 'Ahluhā 'Annahum Qādirūna `Alayhā 'Atāhā 'Amrunā Laylāan 'Aw Nahārāan Faja`alnāhā Ĥaşīdāan Ka'an Lam Taghna Bil-'Amsi Kadhālika Nufaşşilu Al-'Āyāti Liqawmin Yatafakkarūna
The example of the worldly life is like a water which has come down from the sky, so it mixed with the plants of the earth from what the people and the livestock eat. Then the earth takes its shape and becomes beautiful and its inhabitants think that they have mastered it; then Our judgment comes by night or by day, so We make it a wasteland as if it never prospered by the yesterday! It is such that We clarify the revelations for a people who think.
12:42
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي ظَنَّ أَنَّه ُُ نَاج ٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْنِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَاهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه ِِ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
Wa Qāla Lilladhī žanna 'Annahu Nājin Minhumā Adhkurnī `Inda Rabbika Fa'ansāhu Ash-Shayţānu Dhikra Rabbihi Falabitha Fī As-Sijni BiĐ`a Sinīna
And he said to the one of them whom he thought would be saved: "Mention me to your lord." But the devil made him forget to mention to his lord, so he remained in prison for a few years.
12:110
حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْئَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَشَاءُ وَلاَ يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ĥattá 'Idhā Astay'asa Ar-Rusulu Wa žannū 'Annahum Qad Kudhibū Jā'ahum Naşrunā Fanujjiya Man Nashā'u Wa Lā Yuraddu Ba'sunā `Ani Al-Qawmi Al-Mujrimīna
Then, when the messengers gave up, and they thought that they have been denied, Our victory came to them. We then save whom We wish, and Our punishment cannot be swayed from the wicked people.
18:53
وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفا ً
Wa Ra'á Al-Mujrimūna An-Nāra Fažannū 'Annahum Muwāqi`ūhā Wa Lam Yajidū `Anhā Maşrifāan
And the criminals saw the Fire, and they realized they will be placed in it, and they did not find any way to avert it.
21:87
وَذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِبا ً فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Wa Dhā An-Nūni 'Idh Dhahaba MughāĐibāan Fažanna 'An Lan Naqdira `Alayhi Fanādá Fī Až-žulumāti 'An Lā 'Ilāha 'Illā 'Anta Subĥānaka 'Innī Kuntu Mina Až-žālimīna
And the one with 'N,' when he went off in anger, and he thought that We would not be able to take him. Then he called out in the darkness: "There is no god except You! Glory be to You, I was of the wicked!"
24:12
لَوْلاَ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوه ُُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرا ً وَقَالُوا هَذَا إِفْك ٌ مُبِين ٌ
Lawlā 'Idh Sami`tumūhu žanna Al-Mu'uminūna Wa Al-Mu'uminātu Bi'anfusihim Khayrāan Wa Qālū Hādhā 'Ifkun Mubīnun
If only when you heard it the believing males and the believing females should have thought good of their own selves and said: "This is an obvious lie!"
28:39
وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُه ُُ فِي الأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لاَ يُرْجَعُونَ
Wa Astakbara Huwa Wa Junūduhu Fī Al-'ArĐi Bighayri Al-Ĥaqqi Wa žannū 'Annahum 'Ilaynā Lā Yurja`ūna
And he and his soldiers were arrogant in the land without any right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.
38:24
قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَى نِعَاجِه ِِ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرا ً مِنَ الْخُلَطَاءِ لَيَبْغِي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض ٍ إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَلِيل ٌ مَا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُودُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاه ُُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّه ُُ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعا ً وَأَنَابَ
Qāla Laqad žalamaka Bisu'uāli Na`jatika 'Ilá Ni`ājihi Wa 'Inna Kathīrāan Mina Al-Khulaţā'i Layabghī Ba`Đuhum `Alá Ba`Đin 'Illā Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa `Amilū Aş-Şāliĥāti Wa Qalīlun Mā Hum Wa žanna Dāwūdu 'Annamā Fatannāhu Fāstaghfara Rabbahu Wa Kharra Rāki`āan Wa 'Anāba
He said: "He has wronged you by asking to combine your lamb with his lambs. And many who mix their properties take advantage of one another, except those who believe and do good works, and these are very few." And David guessed that We had tested him, so he sought forgiveness from his Lord, and fell down kneeling, and repented.
41:22
وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلاَ جُلُودُكُمْ وَلَكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَعْلَمُ كَثِيرا ً مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
Wa Mā Kuntum Tastatirūna 'An Yash/hada `Alaykum Sam`ukum Wa Lā 'Abşārukum Wa Lā Julūdukum Wa Lakin žanantum 'Anna Allāha Lā Ya`lamu Kathīrāan Mimmā Ta`malūna
And there was no way you could hide from the testimony of your own hearing, or your eyes, or your skins. In fact, you thought that God was unaware of much of what you do.
41:23
وَذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Wa Dhalikum žannukumu Al-Ladhī žanantum Birabbikum 'Ardākum Fa'aşbaĥtum Mina Al-Khāsirīna
And this is the kind of thinking about your Lord that has caused you to fail, and thus you became of the losers.
41:48
وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مَحِيص ٍ
Wa Đalla `Anhum Mā Kānū Yad`ūna Min Qablu Wa žannū Mā Lahum Min Maĥīşin
And they were abandoned by that which they used to call on before, and they realized that there will be no escape.
48:12
بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ أَبَدا ً وَزُيِّنَ ذَلِكَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْما ً بُورا ً
Bal žanantum 'An Lan Yanqaliba Ar-Rasūlu Wa Al-Mu'uminūna 'Ilá 'Ahlīhim 'Abadāan Wa Zuyyina Dhālika Fī Qulūbikum Wa žanantum žanna As-Saw'i Wa Kuntum Qawmāan Būrāan
Alas, you thought that the messenger and the believers would not return to their families, and this was deemed pleasant in your hearts, and you thought the worst thoughts; you were a wicked people!
48:12
بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ أَبَدا ً وَزُيِّنَ ذَلِكَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْما ً بُورا ً
Bal žanantum 'An Lan Yanqaliba Ar-Rasūlu Wa Al-Mu'uminūna 'Ilá 'Ahlīhim 'Abadāan Wa Zuyyina Dhālika Fī Qulūbikum Wa žanantum žanna As-Saw'i Wa Kuntum Qawmāan Būrāan
Alas, you thought that the messenger and the believers would not return to their families, and this was deemed pleasant in your hearts, and you thought the worst thoughts; you were a wicked people!
59:2
هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِأوَّلِ الْحَشْرِ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا أُولِي الأَبْصَارِ
Huwa Al-Ladhī 'Akhraja Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Min 'Ahli Al-Kitābi Min Diyārihim Li'wwali Al-Ĥashri Mā žanantum 'An Yakhrujū Wa žannū 'Annahum Māni`atuhum Ĥuşūnuhum Mina Allāhi Fa'atāhumu Allāhu Min Ĥaythu Lam Yaĥtasibū Wa Qadhafa Fī Qulūbihimu Ar-Ru`ba Yukhribūna Buyūtahum Bi'aydīhim Wa 'Aydī Al-Mu'uminīna Fā`tabirū Yā 'Ūlī Al-'Abşāri
He is the One who drove out those who disbelieved among the people of the Book from their homes at the very first mobilization. You never thought that they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from God. But then God came to them from where they did not expect, and He cast terror into their hearts. They destroyed their homes with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn from this, O you who possess vision.
59:2
هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِأوَّلِ الْحَشْرِ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا أُولِي الأَبْصَارِ
Huwa Al-Ladhī 'Akhraja Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Min 'Ahli Al-Kitābi Min Diyārihim Li'wwali Al-Ĥashri Mā žanantum 'An Yakhrujū Wa žannū 'Annahum Māni`atuhum Ĥuşūnuhum Mina Allāhi Fa'atāhumu Allāhu Min Ĥaythu Lam Yaĥtasibū Wa Qadhafa Fī Qulūbihimu Ar-Ru`ba Yukhribūna Buyūtahum Bi'aydīhim Wa 'Aydī Al-Mu'uminīna Fā`tabirū Yā 'Ūlī Al-'Abşāri
He is the One who drove out those who disbelieved among the people of the Book from their homes at the very first mobilization. You never thought that they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from God. But then God came to them from where they did not expect, and He cast terror into their hearts. They destroyed their homes with their own hands and the hands of the believers. So learn from this, O you who possess vision.
69:20
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلاَقٍ حِسَابِيَه
'Innī žanantu 'Annī Mulāqin Ĥisābiyah
I knew that I was going to be held accountable.
72:5
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبا ً
Wa 'Annā žanannā 'An Lan Taqūla Al-'Insu Wa Al-Jinnu `Alá Allāhi Kadhibāan
And we had thought that neither mankind nor the Jinn would ever utter a lie against God.
72:7
وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدا ً
Wa 'Annahum žannū Kamā žanantum 'An Lan Yab`atha Allāhu 'Aĥadāan
And they thought as you thought, that Godwould not send anyone.
72:7
وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ أَحَدا ً
Wa 'Annahum žannū Kamā žanantum 'An Lan Yab`atha Allāhu 'Aĥadāan
And they thought as you thought, that Godwould not send anyone.
72:12
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ نُعجِزَ اللَّهَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَه ُُ هَرَبا ً
Wa 'Annā žanannā 'An Lan Nu`jiza Allāha Fī Al-'ArĐi Wa Lan Nu`jizahu Harabāan
And we acknowledge that we cannot escapeGod on the earth, nor can we escape Him if we run.
75:28
وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ
Wa žanna 'Annahu Al-Firāqu
And he assumes it is the time of passing.
84:14
إِنَّه ُُ ظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَ
'Innahu žanna 'An Lan Yaĥūra
He thought he would not be returned.
17:102
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا أَنزَلَ هَاؤُلاَء إِلاَّ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ بَصَائِرَ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ يَافِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورا ً
Qāla Laqad `Alimta Mā 'Anzala Hā'uulā' 'Illā Rabbu As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'ArĐi Başā'ira Wa 'Innī La'ažunnuka Yā Fir`awnu Mathbūrāan
He said: "You know that no one has sent these down except for the Lord of the heavens and the earth as visible proofs. And I think that you Pharaoh are doomed!"
18:35
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَه ُُ وَهُوَ ظَالِم ٌ لِنَفْسِه ِِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَنْ تَبِيدَ هَذِهِ~ِ أَبَدا ً
Wa Dakhala Jannatahu Wa Huwa žālimun Linafsihi Qāla Mā 'Ažunnu 'An Tabīda Hadhihi 'Abadāan
And he went back into his garden while he had wronged himself. He said: "I do not think that this will ever perish."
18:36
وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَة ً وَلَئِنْ رُدِدْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرا ً مِنْهَا مُنقَلَبا ً
Wa Mā 'Ažunnu As-Sā`ata Qā'imatan Wa La'in Rudidtu 'Ilá Rabbī La'ajidanna Khayrāan Minhā Munqalabāan
"And I do not think that the Hour is coming. And if I am indeed returned to my Lord, then I will surely find even better things for me."
22:15
مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَنْ لَنْ يَنصُرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَب ٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ لِيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُه ُُ مَا يَغِيظُ
Man Kāna Yažunnu 'An Lan Yanşurahu Allāhu Fī Ad-Dunyā Wa Al-'Ākhirati Falyamdud Bisababin 'Ilá As-Samā'i Thumma Liyaqţa` Falyanžur Hal Yudh/hibanna Kayduhu Mā Yaghīžu
Whoever thinks that God will not grant him victory in this world and the Hereafter, then let him extend his reasons to the heavens, then let him cease and see whether this action has removed the cause of his anger.
26:186
وَمَا أَنْتَ إِلاَّ بَشَر ٌ مِثْلُنَا وَإِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
Wa Mā 'Anta 'Illā Basharun Mithlunā Wa 'In Nažunnuka Lamina Al-Kādhibīna
"And you are nothing but a human being like us, and we think you are one of those who lie."
28:38
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَاأَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَه ٍٍ غَيْرِي فَأَوْقِدْ لِي يَاهَامَانُ عَلَى الطِّينِ فَاجْعَل لِي صَرْحا ً لَعَلِّي أَطَّلِعُ إِلَى إِلَه ِِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّه ُُ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
Wa Qāla Fir`awnu Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Mala'u Mā `Alimtu Lakum Min 'Ilahin Ghayrī Fa'awqid Lī Yā Hāmānu `Alá Aţ-Ţīni Fāj`al Lī Şarĥāan La`allī 'Aţţali`u 'Ilá 'Ilahi Mūsá Wa 'Innī La'ažunnuhu Mina Al-Kādhibīna
And Pharaoh said: "O commanders, I have not known of any god for you other than me. Therefore, O Haamaan, fire-up the bricks and make for me a high platform, so perhaps I may take a look at the god of Moses; though I think he is one of the liars."
33:10
إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظُّنُونَ
'Idh Jā'ūkum Min Fawqikum Wa Min 'Asfala Minkum Wa 'Idh Zāghati Al-'Abşāru Wa Balaghati Al-Qulūbu Al-Ĥanājira Wa Tažunnūna Billāhi Až-žunūna
For they came from above you, and from beneath you; and your eyes were terrified, and the hearts reached to the throat, and you harbored doubts about God.
40:37
أَسْبَابَ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَى إِلَه ِِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّه ُُ كَاذِبا ً وَكَذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوءُ عَمَلِه ِِ وَصُدَّ عَنِ السَّبِيلِ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلاَّ فِي تَبَاب ٍ
'Asbāba As-Samāwāti Fa'aţţali`a 'Ilá 'Ilahi Mūsá Wa 'Innī La'ažunnuhu Kādhibāan Wa Kadhalika Zuyyina Lifir`awna Sū'u `Amalihi Wa Şudda `Ani As-Sabīli Wa Mā Kaydu Fir`awna 'Illā Fī Tabābin
The secrets of the heavens, so that I may take a look at the god of Moses; though I think he is a liar. Thus the evil works of Pharaoh were adorned for him, and he was blocked from the path. And the planning of Pharaoh brought nothing but regret.
41:50
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَاه ُُ رَحْمَة ً مِنَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَذَا لِي وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَة ً وَلَئِنْ رُجِعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي إِنَّ لِي عِنْدَه ُُ لَلْحُسْنَى فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِمَا عَمِلُوا وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظ ٍ
Wa La'in 'Adhaqnāhu Raĥmatan Minnā Min Ba`di Đarrā'a Massat/hu Layaqūlanna Hādhā Lī Wa Mā 'Ažunnu As-Sā`ata Qā'imatan Wa La'in Ruji`tu 'Ilá Rabbī 'Inna Lī `Indahu Lalĥusná Falanunabbi'anna Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bimā `Amilū Wa Lanudhīqannahum Min `Adhābin Ghalīžin
And when We let him taste a mercy from Us after adversity had touched him, he will say: This was by my actions, and I do not think that the Hour will come to pass. And even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find at Him good things for me. Surely, We will inform the rejecters of all they had done, and We will let them taste the severe retribution.
45:24
وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَا إِلاَّ الدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَظُنُّونَ
Wa Qālū Mā Hiya 'Illā Ĥayātunā Ad-Dunyā Namūtu Wa Naĥyā Wa Mā Yuhlikunā 'Illā Ad-Dahru Wa Mā Lahum Bidhālika Min `Ilmin 'In Hum 'Illā Yažunnūna
And they said: There is nothing except this worldly life; we die and we live and nothing destroys us except the passing of time! And they have no knowledge about this; they only conjecture.
45:32
وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقّ ٌ وَالسَّاعَةُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْرِي مَا السَّاعَةُ إِنْ نَظُنُّ إِلاَّ ظَنّا ً وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ
Wa 'Idhā Qīla 'Inna Wa`da Allāhi Ĥaqqun Wa As-Sā`atu Lā Rayba Fīhā Qultum Mā Nadrī Mā As-Sā`atu 'In Nažunnu 'Illā žannāan Wa Mā Naĥnu Bimustayqinīna
And when it was said: Surely the promise ofGod is the truth, and there is no doubt about the coming of the Hour, you said: We do not know what the Hour is! We are full of conjecture about it; we are not certain.
75:25
تَظُنُّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَة ٌ
Tažunnu 'An Yuf`ala Bihā Fāqirahun
Thinking that a punishment is coming to them.
83:4
أَلاَ يَظُنُّ أُولَئِكَ أَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَ
'Alā Yažunnu 'Ūla'ika 'Annahum Mab`ūthūna
Do these not assume that they will be resurrected
Zann
verb I verbal noun (plural Zunun)
thought, opinion, suspicion
3:154
ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ أَمَنَة ً نُعَاسا ً يَغْشَى طَائِفَة ً مِنْكُمْ وَطَائِفَة ٌ قَدْ أَهَمَّتْهُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الأَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْء ٍ قُلْ إِنَّ الأَمْرَ كُلَّه ُُ لِلَّهِ يُخْفُونَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لاَ يُبْدُونَ لَكَ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الأَمْرِ شَيْء ٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هَاهُنَا قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذِينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى مَضَاجِعِهِمْ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللَّهُ مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيم ٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
Thumma 'Anzala `Alaykum Min Ba`di Al-Ghammi 'Amanatan Nu`āsāan Yaghshá Ţā'ifatan Minkum Wa Ţā'ifatun Qad 'Ahammat/hum 'Anfusuhum Yažunnūna Billāhi Ghayra Al-Ĥaqqi žanna Al-Jāhilīyati Yaqūlūna Hal Lanā Mina Al-'Amri Min Shay'in Qul 'Inna Al-'Amra Kullahu Lillāhi Yukhfūna Fī 'Anfusihim Mā Lā Yubdūna Laka Yaqūlūna Law Kāna Lanā Mina Al-'Amri Shay'un Mā Qutilnā Hāhunā Qul Law Kuntum Fī Buyūtikum Labaraza Al-Ladhīna Kutiba `Alayhimu Al-Qatlu 'Ilá MaĐāji`ihim Wa Liyabtaliya Allāhu Mā Fī Şudūrikum Wa Liyumaĥĥişa Mā Fī Qulūbikum Wa Allāhu `Alīmun Bidhāti Aş-Şudūri
Then He sent down to you after the worry a tranquility in sleepiness, it overtook a group of you; and another group was worried about themselves, they were thinking about God other than the truth, the thoughts of the days of ignorance. They say: "Why are we involved in this affair?" Say: "The entire affair is for God." They hide in their souls what they do not show to you, they say: "If we had a say in this affair then none of us would have been killed here." Say: "If you were inside your own homes, then the ones who had been marked for death would have come out to their resting place." God will test what is in your chests and bring out what is in your hearts. God is Knowledgeable as to what is in the chests.
4:157
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوه ُُ وَمَا صَلَبُوه ُُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّه ََ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيه ِِ لَفِي شَكّ ٍ مِنْهُ مَا لَهُمْ بِه ِِ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ إِلاَّ اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوه ُُ يَقِينا ً
Wa Qawlihim 'Innā Qatalnā Al-Masīĥa `Īsá Abna Maryama Rasūla Allāhi Wa Mā Qatalūhu Wa Mā Şalabūhu Wa Lakin Shubbiha Lahum Wa 'Inna Al-Ladhīna Akhtalafū Fīhi Lafī Shakkin Minhu Mā Lahum Bihi Min `Ilmin 'Illā Attibā`a Až-žanni Wa Mā Qatalūhu Yaqīnāan
And their saying: "We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, messenger of God!" And they had not killed him, nor crucified him, but it appeared to them as if they had. And those who dispute are in doubt regarding him, they have no knowledge except to follow conjecture; they did not kill him for a certainty.
6:116
وَإِنْ تُطِعْ أَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ
Wa 'In Tuţi` 'Akthara Man Fī Al-'ArĐi YuĐillūka `An Sabīli Allāhi 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa 'In Hum 'Illā Yakhruşūna
And if you obey most of those on the earth they will lead you away from the path of God; that is because they follow conjecture, and that is because they only guess.
6:148
سَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا أَشْرَكْنَا وَلاَ آبَاؤُنَا وَلاَ حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ شَيْء ٍ كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ حَتَّى ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَا قُلْ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ فَتُخْرِجُوه ُُ لَنَا إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلاَّ تَخْرُصُونَ
Sayaqūlu Al-Ladhīna 'Ashrakū Law Shā'a Allāhu Mā 'Ashraknā Wa Lā 'Ābā'uunā Wa Lā Ĥarramnā Min Shay'in Kadhālika Kadhdhaba Al-Ladhīna Min Qablihim Ĥattá Dhāqū Ba'sanā Qul Hal `Indakum Min `Ilmin Fatukhrijūhu Lanā 'In Tattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa 'In 'Antum 'Illā Takhruşūna
Those who are polytheists will say: "If God wished, we would not have set up partners, nor would have our fathers, nor would we have made anything unlawful." Those before them lied in the same way, until they tasted Our might. Say: "Do you have any knowledge to bring out to us? You only follow conjecture, you only guess."
10:36
وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلاَّ ظَنّا ً إِنَّ الظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئا ً إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيم ٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
Wa Mā Yattabi`u 'Aktharuhum 'Illā žannāan 'Inna Až-žanna Lā Yughnī Mina Al-Ĥaqqi Shay'āan 'Inna Allāha `Alīmun Bimā Yaf`alūna
Most of them only follow conjecture. While conjecture does not avail against the truth in anything. God is aware of what they do.
10:36
وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ أَكْثَرُهُمْ إِلاَّ ظَنّا ً إِنَّ الظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئا ً إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيم ٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ
Wa Mā Yattabi`u 'Aktharuhum 'Illā žannāan 'Inna Až-žanna Lā Yughnī Mina Al-Ĥaqqi Shay'āan 'Inna Allāha `Alīmun Bimā Yaf`alūna
Most of them only follow conjecture. While conjecture does not avail against the truth in anything. God is aware of what they do.
10:60
وَمَا ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَشْكُرُونَ
Wa Mā žannu Al-Ladhīna Yaftarūna `Alá Allāhi Al-Kadhiba Yawma Al-Qiyāmati 'Inna Allāha Ladhū FaĐlin `Alá An-Nāsi Wa Lakinna 'Aktharahum Lā Yashkurūna
And what will those who invent lies about God think on the Day of Resurrection? God is with great bounty to the people, but most of them are not thankful.
10:66
أَلاَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَخْرُصُونَ
'Alā 'Inna Lillāhi Man Fī As-Samāwāti Wa Man Fī Al-'ArĐi Wa Mā Yattabi`u Al-Ladhīna Yad`ūna Min Dūni Allāhi Shurakā'a 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa 'In Hum 'Illā Yakhruşūna
Certainly, to God belong all who are in the heavens and those who are on the earth. As for those who call on partners besides God, they only follow conjecture, and they only guess.
33:10
إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظُّنُونَ
'Idh Jā'ūkum Min Fawqikum Wa Min 'Asfala Minkum Wa 'Idh Zāghati Al-'Abşāru Wa Balaghati Al-Qulūbu Al-Ĥanājira Wa Tažunnūna Billāhi Až-žunūna
For they came from above you, and from beneath you; and your eyes were terrified, and the hearts reached to the throat, and you harbored doubts about God.
34:20
وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْلِيسُ ظَنَّه ُُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ~ُ إِلاَّ فَرِيقا ً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Wa Laqad Şaddaqa `Alayhim 'Iblīsu žannahu Fa Attaba`ūhu 'Illā Farīqāan Mina Al-Mu'uminīna
And Satan has been successful in his suggestions to them, for they followed him, except for a group of the believers.
37:87
فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Famā žannukum Birabbi Al-`Ālamīna
What do you say of the Lord of the worlds?
38:27
وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلا ً ذَلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَوَيْل ٌ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِ
Wa Mā Khalaqnā As-Samā'a Wa Al-'ArĐa Wa Mā Baynahumā Bāţilāan Dhālika žannu Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Fawaylun Lilladhīna Kafarū Mina An-Nāri
And We did not create the heaven and the earth, and everything between them, in vain. Such is the thinking of those who rejected. Therefore, woe to those who have rejected from the Fire.
41:23
وَذَلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Wa Dhalikum žannukumu Al-Ladhī žanantum Birabbikum 'Ardākum Fa'aşbaĥtum Mina Al-Khāsirīna
And this is the kind of thinking about your Lord that has caused you to fail, and thus you became of the losers.
45:32
وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقّ ٌ وَالسَّاعَةُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْرِي مَا السَّاعَةُ إِنْ نَظُنُّ إِلاَّ ظَنّا ً وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ
Wa 'Idhā Qīla 'Inna Wa`da Allāhi Ĥaqqun Wa As-Sā`atu Lā Rayba Fīhā Qultum Mā Nadrī Mā As-Sā`atu 'In Nažunnu 'Illā žannāan Wa Mā Naĥnu Bimustayqinīna
And when it was said: Surely the promise ofGod is the truth, and there is no doubt about the coming of the Hour, you said: We do not know what the Hour is! We are full of conjecture about it; we are not certain.
48:6
وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ الظَّانِّينَ بِاللَّهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرا ً
Wa Yu`adhdhiba Al-Munāfiqīna Wa Al-Munāfiqāti Wa Al-Mushrikīna Wa Al-Mushrikāti Až-žānnīna Billāhi žanna As-Saw'i `Alayhim Dā'iratu As-Saw'i Wa GhaĐiba Allāhu `Alayhim Wa La`anahum Wa 'A`adda Lahum Jahannama Wa Sā'at Maşīrāan
And He will punish the hypocrite males and the hypocrite females, and the polytheist males and the polytheist females; they think evil thoughts about God. Their evil will come back to them, andGod was angry with them, and He has cursed them and prepared for them Hell. What a miserable destiny!
48:12
بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ أَبَدا ً وَزُيِّنَ ذَلِكَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْما ً بُورا ً
Bal žanantum 'An Lan Yanqaliba Ar-Rasūlu Wa Al-Mu'uminūna 'Ilá 'Ahlīhim 'Abadāan Wa Zuyyina Dhālika Fī Qulūbikum Wa žanantum žanna As-Saw'i Wa Kuntum Qawmāan Būrāan
Alas, you thought that the messenger and the believers would not return to their families, and this was deemed pleasant in your hearts, and you thought the worst thoughts; you were a wicked people!
49:12
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرا ً مِنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْم ٌ وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا وَلاَ يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيه ِِ مَيْتا ً فَكَرِهْتُمُوه ُُ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّاب ٌ رَحِيم ٌ
Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Ajtanibū Kathīrāan Mina Až-žanni 'Inna Ba`Đa Až-žanni 'Ithmun Wa Lā Tajassasū Wa Lā Yaghtab Ba`Đukum Ba`Đāan 'Ayuĥibbu 'Aĥadukum 'An Ya'kula Laĥma 'Akhīhi Maytāan Fakarihtumūhu Wa Attaqū Allāha 'Inna Allāha Tawwābun Raĥīmun
O you who believe, you shall avoid much suspicion, for some suspicion is sinful. And do not spy on one another, nor shall you backbite. Would any of you enjoy eating the flesh of his dead brother? You certainly would hate this. You shall observe God. God is Redeemer, Merciful.
49:12
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرا ً مِنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْم ٌ وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا وَلاَ يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيه ِِ مَيْتا ً فَكَرِهْتُمُوه ُُ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّاب ٌ رَحِيم ٌ
Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Ajtanibū Kathīrāan Mina Až-žanni 'Inna Ba`Đa Až-žanni 'Ithmun Wa Lā Tajassasū Wa Lā Yaghtab Ba`Đukum Ba`Đāan 'Ayuĥibbu 'Aĥadukum 'An Ya'kula Laĥma 'Akhīhi Maytāan Fakarihtumūhu Wa Attaqū Allāha 'Inna Allāha Tawwābun Raĥīmun
O you who believe, you shall avoid much suspicion, for some suspicion is sinful. And do not spy on one another, nor shall you backbite. Would any of you enjoy eating the flesh of his dead brother? You certainly would hate this. You shall observe God. God is Redeemer, Merciful.
53:23
إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ أَسْمَاء ٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَان ٍ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الأَنْفُسُ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمُ الْهُدَى
'In Hiya 'Illā 'Asmā'un Sammaytumūhā 'Antum Wa 'Ābā'uukum Mā 'Anzala Allāhu Bihā Min Sulţānin 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa Mā Tahwá Al-'Anfusu Wa Laqad Jā'ahum Min Rabbihimu Al-Hudá
These are but names that you made up, you and your forefathers. God never authorized such. They only follow conjecture, and personal desire, while the guidance has come to them from their Lord.
53:28
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه ِِ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئا ً
Wa Mā Lahum Bihi Min `Ilmin 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa 'Inna Až-žanna Lā Yughnī Mina Al-Ĥaqqi Shay'āan
While they had no knowledge about this; they only followed conjecture. And conjecture is no substitute for the truth.
53:28
وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه ِِ مِنْ عِلْم ٍ إِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ الظَّنَّ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لاَ يُغْنِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْئا ً
Wa Mā Lahum Bihi Min `Ilmin 'In Yattabi`ūna 'Illā Až-žanna Wa 'Inna Až-žanna Lā Yughnī Mina Al-Ĥaqqi Shay'āan
While they had no knowledge about this; they only followed conjecture. And conjecture is no substitute for the truth.
Zann
verb I active participle
one who thinks evil thoughts
48:6
وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ الظَّانِّينَ بِاللَّهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرا ً
Wa Yu`adhdhiba Al-Munāfiqīna Wa Al-Munāfiqāti Wa Al-Mushrikīna Wa Al-Mushrikāti Až-žānnīna Billāhi žanna As-Saw'i `Alayhim Dā'iratu As-Saw'i Wa GhaĐiba Allāhu `Alayhim Wa La`anahum Wa 'A`adda Lahum Jahannama Wa Sā'at Maşīrāan
And He will punish the hypocrite males and the hypocrite females, and the polytheist males and the polytheist females; they think evil thoughts about God. Their evil will come back to them, andGod was angry with them, and He has cursed them and prepared for them Hell. What a miserable destiny!
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