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Sura 17
Aya 36
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وَلا تَقفُ ما لَيسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلمٌ ۚ إِنَّ السَّمعَ وَالبَصَرَ وَالفُؤادَ كُلُّ أُولٰئِكَ كانَ عَنهُ مَسئولًا

Muhammad Asad

And never concern thyself with anything of which thou hast no knowledge:1 verily, [thy] hearing and sight and heart - all of them - will be called to account for it [on Judgment Day]!
  • Or: "do not follow [or "pursue"] anything...", etc. This would seem to relate to groundless assertions about events or people (and hence to slander or false testimony), to statements based on guesswork unsupported by evidence, or to interfering in social situations which one is unable to evaluate correctly.