وَلَا
تَقۡفُ
مَا
لَيۡسَ
لَكَ
بِهِۦ
عِلۡمٌۚ
إِنَّ
ٱلسَّمۡعَ
وَٱلۡبَصَرَ
وَٱلۡفُؤَادَ
كُلُّ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
كَانَ
عَنۡهُ
مَسۡـُٔولٗا
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(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. Pickthall
And do not pursue1 that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.
— Saheeh International
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 Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Do not speak without Knowledge
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "This means) do not say (anything of which you have no knowledge)." Al-`Awfi said: "Do not accuse anyone of that of which you have no knowledge." Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiyyah said: "It means bearing false witness." Qatada
…Do not speak without Knowledge
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "This means) do not say (anything of which you have no knowledge)." A
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