The Cow 2:78

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Arabic English Morphology
And among them Prep
(are) unlettered ones Noun
لَا
(who) do not Prep
know V
the book Noun
except Prep
wishful thinking Noun
وَإِنْ wa-in
and not Prep
هُمْ hum
they Noun
إِلَّا illā
(do anything) except Prep
يَظُنُّونَ yaẓunnūna
guess V

Some of them are uneducated, and know the Scripture only through wish-ful thinking. They rely on guesswork

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَمِنۡهُمۡ أُمِّیُّونَ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّاۤ أَمَانِیَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا یَظُنُّونَ ۝٧٨

wamin'hum ummiyyūna lā yaʿlamūna l-kitāba illā amāniyya wa-in hum illā yaẓunnūn