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Quran 2:78

Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), verse 78 of 286 · Juz 1

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Translations of Quran 2:78
EnglishTalal Itani

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

EnglishPickthall, 1930

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

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Bunların bir de ümmî kısmı vardır, kitabı, kitabeti bilmezler, ancak bir takım kuruntu yığını ümniyyeler kurar ve sırf zann ardında dolaşırlar

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Verses 78–79 are translated together in this edition.

Parmi eux les hommes du commun ne connaissent pas le livre (le Pentateuque), mais seulement les contes mensongers, et ils n’ont que des idées vagues. Malheur à ceux qui, écrivant le livre de leurs mains corruptrices, disent : Voilà ce qui vient de Dieu, pour en retirer un bénéfice infime ! Malheur à eux, à cause de ce que leurs mains ont écrit, et à cause du gain qu’ils en retirent !

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Verses 78–79 are translated together in this edition.

Er zijn wel onwetende menschen onder hen, welke de schrift (de vijf boeken) niet verstaan, maar alleen de leugenachtige verhalen, en zij weten het niet. Wee hun, welke de schrift met hun eigene handen schrijven, en uit nietige winzucht zeggen: "Dit is van God. Wee hun om hunner handen schrift, wee hun om hunne winzicht.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Verses 78–79 are translated together in this edition.

Il volgo non conosce il libro (il Pentateuco) ma solo i racconti mezzo gneri, e non ha una fede ferma. Guai a coloro che, scrivendo il libro colle loro mani corrompitrici per tirarne un vil prezzo, dicono: Ecco il libro di Dio! Guai a costoro, sì per quello che hanno scritto colle lor mani, sì per il guadagno che ne fanno .

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.