← Surah 17

17:36

وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًا

Word by word

وَلَا
And (do) not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَاPreposition — negative
تَقْفُ
pursue
Verb
Root: قفو
Grammar (i'rab)
تَقْفُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. sing.
مَا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَاNoun — relative
لَيْسَ
not
Verb
Root: ليس
Grammar (i'rab)
لَيْسَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
لَكَ
you have
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
كَNoun — pronoun، 2nd masc. sing.
بِهِۦ
of it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هِۦNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
عِلْمٌ
any knowledge
Noun
Root: علم
Grammar (i'rab)
عِلْمٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative
إِنَّ
Indeed
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِنَّPreposition — accusative
ٱلسَّمْعَ
the hearing
Noun
Root: سمع
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
سَّمْعَNoun — masculine، accusative
وَٱلْبَصَرَ
and the sight
Noun
Root: بصر
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
بَصَرَNoun — masculine، accusative
وَٱلْفُؤَادَ
and the heart
Noun
Root: فأد
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
فُؤَادَNoun — masculine، accusative
كُلُّ
all
Noun
Root: كلل
Grammar (i'rab)
كُلُّNoun — masculine، nominative
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
those
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أُو۟لَٰٓئِNoun — demonstrative، preposition
كَPreposition — addressee، suffix، masculine
كَانَ
will be
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
عَنْهُ
[about it]
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
عَنْPreposition — preposition
هُNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
مَسْـُٔولًا
questioned
Noun
Root: سأل
Grammar (i'rab)
مَسْـُٔولًاNoun — passive participle، masculine، indefinite، accusative

Translation

EN

And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Do not follow blindly what you do not know to be true: ears, eyes, and heart, you will be questioned about all these.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Bilmediğin şeyin ardına düşme; doğrusu kulak, göz ve kalp, bunların hepsi o şeyden sorumlu olur.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Bir de hiç bilmediğin bir şeyin ardına düşme! Çünkü kulak, göz, gönül, bunların her biri yaptıklarından sorumludurlar.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Hakkında bilgin olmayan şeyin peşine (biliyormuş gibi) düşme! Şüphesiz ki işitme (duyusu), göz ve kalp, bütün bunlar o (kazandığı)ndan sorumludur.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ولا تتبع -أيها الإنسان- ما لا تعلم، بل تأكَّد وتثبَّت. إن الإنسان مسؤول عما استعمَل فيه سمعه وبصره وفؤاده، فإذا استعمَلها في الخير نال الثواب، وإذا استعملها في الشر نال العقاب.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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