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Sura 51
Aya 10
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قُتِلَ الخَرّاصونَ

Muhammad Asad

They but destroy themselves,1 they who are given to guessing at what they cannot ascertain2 -
  • For this rendering of the expression qutila, see note 9 on 74:19.
  • Thus the Taj al-'Arus, explaining the deeper meaning of al-kharrasun. "That which they cannot ascertain" is, in this context, synonymous with al-ghayb, "the reality which is beyond the reach of human perception".