Al-An-Am 6:116 وان تطع اكثر من في الارض يضلوك عن سبيل الله ان يتبعون الا الظن وان هم الا يخرصون ١١٦
Ukurasa 142 · Juzuu 8
وَإِن
تُطِعۡ
أَكۡثَرَ
مَن
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
يُضِلُّوكَ
عَن
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
إِن
يَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلظَّنَّ
وَإِنۡ
هُمۡ
إِلَّا
يَخۡرُصُونَ
١١٦
˹O Prophet!˺ If you were to obey most of those on earth, they would lead you away from Allah’s Way. They follow nothing but assumptions and do nothing but lie.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allāh. They follow not except assumption, and they are not but misjudging.1
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Most People are Misguided
Allah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ الاٌّوَّلِينَ
(And indeed most of the men of old went astray before them.) 37:71 and,
وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
(And mos
…Most People are Misguided
Allah states that most of the people of the earth, are misguided. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَر
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