Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 78
وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
Al-Baqarah · 2:78
Word by word
- وَمِنْهُمْwamin'humAnd among them
- أُمِّيُّونَummiyyūna(are) unlettered ones
- لَاlā(who) do not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَمَانِىَّamāniyyawishful thinking
- وَإِنْwa-inand not
- هُمْhumthey
- إِلَّاillā(do anything) except
- يَظُنُّونَyaẓunnūnaguess
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