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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

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

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

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