# Zay-Nun-Nun — ظنن (Znn)

> Occurs in 69 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Znn

- **Meaning:** To think, suppose, doubt, assume, deem, believe, know, imagine, suspect, conjunctive, be sure of something in view of one's observations. As a general rule often this verb is succeeded by 'anna or 'an, that means to be sure about.
- **Derived forms:** ظَّانِّين (1) · ظَنّ (21) · ظَنَّ (47)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّونَ — yaẓunnūna · "believe"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَظُنُّونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا رَبِّهِمْ وَاَنَّهُمْ اِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ۟

Allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo rabbihim waannahum ilayhi rajiAAoon

Those who consider that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him they are returning.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-46.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّونَ — yaẓunnūna · "guess"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَمِنْهُمْ اُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ اِلَّٓا اَمَانِيَّ وَاِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Waminhum ommiyyoona la yaAAlamoonaalkitaba illa amaniyya wa-in hum illayathunnoon

And among them are those unschooled: they know not the Writ save vain desires; and they are only assuming.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-78.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 230

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّآ — ẓannā · "they believe"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, dual · past tense

فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ حَتّٰى تَنْكِحَ زَوْجاً غَيْرَهُۜ  فَاِنْ طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَٓا اَنْ يَتَرَاجَعَٓا اِنْ ظَـنَّٓا اَنْ يُق۪يمَا حُدُودَ اللّٰهِۜ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللّٰهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fa-in tallaqaha falatahillu lahu min baAAdu hatta tankihazawjan ghayrahu fa-in tallaqaha fala junahaAAalayhima an yatarajaAAa in thannaan yuqeema hudooda Allahi watilka hudooduAllahi yubayyinuha liqawmin yaAAlamoon

And if he has divorced her, she is not lawful to him thereafter until she marries a spouse other than him. Then if he divorces her, they do no wrong to return to each other, if they think that they can uphold the limits of God. And those are the limits of God; He makes them plain for people who know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-230.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 249

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّونَ — yaẓunnūna · "were certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَلَمَّا فَصَلَ طَالُوتُ بِالْجُنُودِۙ قَالَ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ مُبْتَل۪يكُمْ بِنَهَرٍۚ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنّ۪يۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَطْعَمْهُ فَاِنَّهُ مِنّ۪ٓي اِلَّا مَنِ اغْتَرَفَ غُرْفَةً بِيَدِه۪ۚ فَشَرِبُوا مِنْهُ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْۜ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ هُوَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُۙ قَالُوا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِه۪ۜ قَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ يَظُنُّونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُلَاقُوا اللّٰهِۙ  كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَل۪يلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَث۪يرَةً بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Falamma fasala talootubiljunoodi qala inna Allaha mubtaleekumbinaharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnee waman lam yatAAamhufa-innahu minnee illa mani ightarafa ghurfatan biyadihifashariboo minhu illa qaleelan minhum falamma jawazahuhuwa wallatheena amanoo maAAahu qaloola taqata lana alyawma bijalootawajunoodihi qala allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo Allahi kam min fi-atin qaleelatinghalabat fi-atan katheeratan bi-ithni Allahi wallahumaAAa assabireen

Then when Saul set out with the forces, he said: “God will try you with a river, so whoso drinks thereof is not of me; and whoso tastes it not is of me save he who scoops up a handful with his hand.” But they drank thereof save a few of them. Then when he had crossed it, he and those who heeded warning with him, they said: “We have not power this day against Goliath and his forces.” Said those who knew that they should meet God: “How many a small host has overcome a mighty host by the leave of God! And God is with the patient.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-249.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّونَ — yaẓunnūna · "thinking"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُعَاساً يَغْشٰى طَٓائِفَةً مِنْكُمْۙ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِۜ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهُ لِلّٰهِۜ يُخْفُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَۜ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاۜ قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Thumma anzala AAalaykum min baAAdi alghammiamanatan nuAAasan yaghsha ta-ifatan minkumwata-ifatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yathunnoonabillahi ghayra alhaqqi thannaaljahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lana mina al-amri minshay-in qul inna al-amra kullahu lillahi yukhfoona feeanfusihim ma la yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kanalana mina al-amri shay-on ma qutilna hahunaqul law kuntum fee buyootikum labaraza allatheena kutibaAAalayhimu alqatlu ila madajiAAihim waliyabtaliyaAllahu ma fee sudoorikum waliyumahhisama fee quloobikum wallahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

Then He sent down upon you, after distress, security, slumber overcoming a number of you; and a number had grieved themselves thinking about God other than the truth — the thought of ignorance — saying: “Have we any part in the affair?” Say thou: “The affair belongs entirely to God.” They hide within themselves what they reveal not to thee, saying: “Had we any part in the affair, we would not have been slain here.” Say thou: “Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would have gone forth to their resting places”; and: “That God might try what is in your breasts”; and: “That He might refine what is in your hearts.” And God knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-154.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "(the) thought"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُعَاساً يَغْشٰى طَٓائِفَةً مِنْكُمْۙ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِۜ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهُ لِلّٰهِۜ يُخْفُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَۜ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاۜ قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Thumma anzala AAalaykum min baAAdi alghammiamanatan nuAAasan yaghsha ta-ifatan minkumwata-ifatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yathunnoonabillahi ghayra alhaqqi thannaaljahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lana mina al-amri minshay-in qul inna al-amra kullahu lillahi yukhfoona feeanfusihim ma la yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kanalana mina al-amri shay-on ma qutilna hahunaqul law kuntum fee buyootikum labaraza allatheena kutibaAAalayhimu alqatlu ila madajiAAihim waliyabtaliyaAllahu ma fee sudoorikum waliyumahhisama fee quloobikum wallahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

Then He sent down upon you, after distress, security, slumber overcoming a number of you; and a number had grieved themselves thinking about God other than the truth — the thought of ignorance — saying: “Have we any part in the affair?” Say thou: “The affair belongs entirely to God.” They hide within themselves what they reveal not to thee, saying: “Had we any part in the affair, we would not have been slain here.” Say thou: “Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would have gone forth to their resting places”; and: “That God might try what is in your breasts”; and: “That He might refine what is in your hearts.” And God knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-154.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 157

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ — l-ẓani · "(of) assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَقَوْلِهِمْ اِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَس۪يحَ ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلٰكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِ لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهُۜ مَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَق۪يناًۙ

Waqawlihim inna qatalnaalmaseeha AAeesa ibna maryama rasoola Allahiwama qataloohu wama salaboohu walakinshubbiha lahum wa-inna allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi lafeeshakkin minhu ma lahum bihi min AAilmin illa ittibaAAaaththanni wama qataloohu yaqeena

And for their saying: “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of God,” — and they killed him not nor crucified him, but it seemed so to them; and those who dispute concerning it are in doubt thereof, no knowledge have they thereof save the pursuit of conjecture — and they killed him not of a certainty;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-157.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 116

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "[the] assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِنْ تُطِـعْ اَكْثَرَ مَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

Wa-in tutiAA akthara man fee al-ardiyudillooka AAan sabeeli Allahi in yattabiAAoona illaaththanna wa-in hum illa yakhrusoon

And if thou obey most of those upon the earth, they will lead thee astray from the path of God; they follow only assumption, and they are only guessing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-116.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 148

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "the assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

سَيَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَٓا اَشْرَكْنَا وَلَٓا اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ كَذٰلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ حَتّٰى ذَاقُوا بَأْسَنَاۜ قُلْ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنَاۜ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنْ اَنْتُمْ اِلَّا تَخْرُصُونَ

Sayaqoolu allatheena ashrakoo law shaaAllahu ma ashrakna wala abaonawala harramna min shay-in kathalikakaththaba allatheena min qablihim hattathaqoo ba/sana qul hal AAindakum min AAilminfatukhrijoohu lana in tattabiAAoona illa aththannawa-in antum illa takhrusoon

Those who ascribe a partnership will say: “Had God willed, we would not have ascribed a partnership, nor would our fathers, nor would we have made anything unlawful.” Thus did those who were before them deny until they tasted Our might. Say thou: “Have you any knowledge to bring forth for us? You follow only assumption, and are only guessing.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-148.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** لَنَظُنُّكَ — lanaẓunnuka · "[we] think you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّا لَنَرٰيكَ ف۪ي سَفَاهَةٍ وَاِنَّا لَنَظُنُّكَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Qala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi inna lanaraka fee safahatinwa-inna lanathunnuka mina alkathibeen

Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people: “We see thee in foolishness; and we consider thee a liar.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-66.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and they thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْۚ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ۟

Wa-ith nataqna aljabalafawqahum kaannahu thullatun wathannooannahu waqiAAun bihim khuthoo ma ataynakumbiquwwatin wathkuroo ma feehi laAAallakumtattaqoon

And when We raised the mountain above them as if it were a canopy: — and they supposed it was to fall upon them — “Hold fast what We give you; and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-171.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and they were certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَعَلَى الثَّلٰثَةِ الَّذ۪ينَ خُلِّفُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنْ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ اِلَّٓا اِلَيْهِۜ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُواۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

WaAAala aththalathatiallatheena khullifoo hatta itha daqatAAalayhimu al-ardu bima rahubat wadaqatAAalayhim anfusuhum wathannoo an la maljaamina Allahi illa ilayhi thumma tabaAAalayhim liyatooboo inna Allaha huwa attawwabuarraheem

And towards the three who were left behind when the earth had become straitened for them, vast as it was, and their souls had become straitened for them, and they thought that there was no refuge from God save to Him; then turned He towards them, that they might turn. God, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-118.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and they assume"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هُوَ الَّذ۪ي يُسَيِّرُكُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا كُنْتُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِۚ وَجَرَيْنَ بِهِمْ بِر۪يحٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَفَرِحُوا بِهَا جَٓاءَتْهَا ر۪يحٌ عَاصِفٌ وَجَٓاءَهُمُ الْمَوْجُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اُح۪يطَ بِهِمْۙ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ لَئِنْ اَنْجَيْتَنَا مِنْ هٰذِه۪ لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ

Huwa allathee yusayyirukum feealbarri walbahri hatta ithakuntum fee alfulki wajarayna bihim bireehin tayyibatinwafarihoo biha jaat-ha reehunAAasifun wajaahumu almawju min kulli makaninwathannoo annahum oheeta bihimdaAAawoo Allaha mukhliseena lahu addeenala-in anjaytana min hathihi lanakoonanna mina ashshakireen

He it is that lets you travel in the earth and the sea; when you have boarded ships and sailed by them with a good breeze and exulted thereat–– A tempest wind came upon them, and the waves came on them from every side, and they thought they were encompassed therein; they called to God, sincere to Him in doctrine: “If Thou deliver us from this, we will be among the grateful!”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنَّ — waẓanna · "and think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَٓاءٍ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِه۪ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالْاَنْعَامُۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَخَذَتِ الْاَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّـنَتْ وَظَنَّ اَهْلُهَٓا اَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَٓاۙ اَتٰيهَٓا اَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً اَوْ نَهَاراً فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَص۪يداً كَاَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالْاَمْسِۜ  كَذٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْاٰيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Innama mathalu alhayatiaddunya kama-in anzalnahu mina assama-ifakhtalata bihi nabatu al-ardi mimmaya/kulu annasu wal-anAAamu hattaitha akhathati al-ardu zukhrufaha wazzayyanatwathanna ahluha annahum qadiroonaAAalayha ataha amruna laylan aw naharanfajaAAalnaha haseedan kaan lam taghnabil-amsi kathalika nufassilu al-ayatiliqawmin yatafakkaroon

The likeness of the life of this world is but like water We send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth mingle with it, whereof men and cattle eat: when the earth has taken her decoration, and is made fair, and its people think they have power over it, Our command comes by night or by day, and We make it reaped as if it had not flourished the day before — thus do We set out and detail the proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-24.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنًّا ۚ — ẓannan · "assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ اَكْثَرُهُمْ اِلَّا ظَناًّۜ اِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْن۪ي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

Wama yattabiAAu aktharuhum illathannan inna aththanna layughnee mina alhaqqi shay-an inna Allaha AAaleemunbima yafAAaloon

And most of them follow only assumption; assumption avails nothing against the truth. God knows what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-36.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "the assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ اَكْثَرُهُمْ اِلَّا ظَناًّۜ اِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْن۪ي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُونَ

Wama yattabiAAu aktharuhum illathannan inna aththanna layughnee mina alhaqqi shay-an inna Allaha AAaleemunbima yafAAaloon

And most of them follow only assumption; assumption avails nothing against the truth. God knows what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-36.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنُّ — ẓannu · "(will be the) assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَمَا ظَنُّ الَّذ۪ينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَشْكُرُونَ۟

Wama thannu allatheenayaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathiba yawmaalqiyamati inna Allaha lathoo fadlinAAala annasi walakinna aktharahum layashkuroon

And what will those who invent lies about God think on the Day of Resurrection? God is bountiful to mankind, but most of them are not grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-60.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "the assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلَٓا اِنَّ لِلّٰهِ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ شُرَكَٓاءَۜ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَاِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ

Ala inna lillahi man fee assamawatiwaman fee al-ardi wama yattabiAAu allatheenayadAAoona min dooni Allahi shurakaa inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-inhum illa yakhrusoon

In truth, to God belongs whoso is in the heavens and whoso is in the earth; and they follow — those who call to partners other than God — they follow only assumption; and they are only guessing.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-66.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** نَظُنُّكُمْ — naẓunnukum · "we think you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ مَا نَرٰيكَ اِلَّا بَشَراً مِثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرٰيكَ اتَّبَعَكَ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ اَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِيَ الرَّأْيِۚ وَمَا نَرٰى لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ بَلْ نَظُنُّكُمْ كَاذِب۪ينَ

Faqala almalao allatheenakafaroo min qawmihi ma naraka illa basharanmithlana wama naraka ittabaAAaka illaallatheena hum arathiluna badiya arra/yiwama nara lakum AAalayna min fadlinbal nathunnukum kathibeen

Then said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people: “We see thee not but as a mortal like us; and we see not that any follow thee save those who are the abject among us, at first appearance; and we see not in you over us any merit. The truth is, we think you are liars.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-27.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "he thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَ لِلَّذ۪ي ظَنَّ اَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْن۪ي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۘ فَاَنْسٰيهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه۪ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِن۪ينَۜ ۟

Waqala lillathee thannaannahu najin minhuma othkurnee AAindarabbika faansahu ashshaytanu thikrarabbihi falabitha fee assijni bidAAa sineen

And he said to him he knew would be delivered of the two: “Remember thou me before thy lord.” But the satan caused him to forget the mention to his lord; so he stayed in prison some years.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-42.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا اسْتَيْـَٔسَ الرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا جَٓاءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَاۙ فَنُجِّيَ مَنْ نَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأْسُنَا عَنِ الْقَوْمِ الْمُجْرِم۪ينَ

Hatta itha istay-asa arrusuluwathannoo annahum qad kuthiboo jaahumnasruna fanujjiya man nashao walayuraddu ba/suna AAani alqawmi almujrimeen

When the messengers had despaired and thought that they had been denied, there came to them Our help and who We willed was delivered. And repulsed not is Our wrath from the lawbreaking people.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-110.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَظُنُّونَ — wataẓunnūna · "and you will think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَج۪يبُونَ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَتَظُنُّونَ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً۟

Yawma yadAAookum fatastajeeboona bihamdihiwatathunnoona in labithtum illa qaleela

“The day He will call you, and you will answer with His praise, and you will think that you tarried only a little.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-52.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَظُنُّكَ — la-aẓunnuka · "[I] think you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوسٰى تِسْعَ اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ اِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّكَ يَا مُوسٰى مَسْحُوراً

Walaqad atayna moosatisAAa ayatin bayyinatin fas-albanee isra-eela ith jaahum faqalalahu firAAawnu innee laathunnuka ya moosamashoora

And We gave Moses nine clear proofs, so ask thou the children of Israel. When he came to them, and Pharaoh said to him: “I consider thee, O Moses, one taken by sorcery,”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-101.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَظُنُّكَ — la-aẓunnuka · "[I] surely think you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ اِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ بَصَٓائِرَۚ وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُوراً

Qala laqad AAalimta ma anzalahaola-i illa rabbu assamawatiwal-ardi basa-ira wa-innee laathunnukaya firAAawnu mathboora

He said: “Thou hast known that there sends these down only the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth as a means of insight; and I consider thee, O Pharaoh, destroyed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-102.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** أَظُنُّ — aẓunnu · "I think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِه۪ۚ قَالَ مَٓا اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَب۪يدَ هٰذِه۪ٓ اَبَداًۙ

Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thalimunlinafsihi qala ma athunnu an tabeedahathihi abada

And he entered his garden while he was wronging his soul, saying: “I think not that this will ever perish;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-35.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** أَظُنُّ — aẓunnu · "I think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَمَٓا اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَٓائِمَةًۙ وَلَئِنْ رُدِدْتُ اِلٰى رَبّ۪ي لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهَا مُنْقَلَباً

Wama athunnu assaAAataqa-imatan wala-in rudidtu ila rabbee laajidannakhayran minha munqalaba

“And I think not that the Hour will strike; and if I am brought back to my Lord, I will find better than this as a final destination.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-36.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** فَظَنُّوٓا۟ — faẓannū · "and they (will be) certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاً۟

Waraa almujrimoona annarafathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walamyajidoo AAanha masrifa

And the lawbreakers will see the Fire and realise that they are to fall therein; and they will not find an escape therefrom.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-53.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** فَظَنَّ — faẓanna · "and thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَذَا النُّونِ اِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِباً فَظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادٰى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ اَنْ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّٓا اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَۗ اِنّ۪ي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَۚ

Watha annooni ith thahabamughadiban fathanna an lan naqdira AAalayhifanada fee aththulumatian la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inneekuntu mina aththalimeen

And Dhūl-Nūn: when he left in wrath, and thought that We would have no power over him; then he called in the darkness: “There is no god save Thou. Glory be to Thee! I have been among the wrongdoers!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-87.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّ — yaẓunnu · "thinks"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ اللّٰهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُ مَا يَغ۪يظُ

Man kana yathunnu anlan yansurahu Allahu fee addunya wal-akhiratifalyamdud bisababin ila assama-i thummaliyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibannakayduhu ma yagheeth

Whoso thinks that God will not help him in the World and the Hereafter: let him stretch out means to the sky; then let him cross and let him look: will his plan remove what enrages?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-15.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَوْلَٓا اِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ خَيْراًۙ وَقَالُوا هٰذَٓا اِفْكٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Lawla ith samiAAtumoohu thannaalmu/minoona walmu/minatu bi-anfusihim khayran waqaloohatha ifkun mubeen

Oh, that when you heard it, the believing men and the believing women had but thought good of themselves and said: “This is a clear falsehood!”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-12.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 186

- **Form in this verse:** نَّظُنُّكَ — naẓunnuka · "we think you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَمَٓا اَنْتَ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا وَاِنْ نَظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَۚ

Wama anta illa basharunmithluna wa-in nathunnuka lamina alkathibeen

“And thou art only a mortal like us; and we consider thee a liar.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-186.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَظُنُّهُۥ — la-aẓunnuhu · "[I] think that he"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْر۪يۚ فَاَوْقِدْ ل۪ي يَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطّ۪ينِ فَاجْعَلْ ل۪ي صَرْحاً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَطَّلِعُ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِ مُوسٰىۙ وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Waqala firAAawnu ya ayyuhaalmalao ma AAalimtu lakum min ilahin ghayreefaawqid lee ya hamanu AAala atteenifajAAal lee sarhan laAAallee attaliAAuila ilahi moosa wa-innee laathunnuhumina alkathibeen

And Pharaoh said: “O eminent ones: I know not that you have a god other than me. So kindle thou for me, O Hāmān, upon the clay, and make thou for me a tower, that I might look upon the god of Moses; and I think him of the liars.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-38.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and they thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ اِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Wastakbara huwa wajunooduhu feeal-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wathannooannahum ilayna la yurjaAAoon

And he had waxed proud — he and his forces — in the land, without cause; and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-39.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَظُنُّونَ — wataẓunnūna · "and you assumed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظُّنُونَا۠ — l-ẓunūnā · "the assumptions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّهُۥ — ẓannahu · "his assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ اِبْل۪يسُ ظَنَّهُ فَاتَّبَعُوهُ اِلَّا فَر۪يقاً مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Walaqad saddaqa AAalayhim ibleesu thannahufattabaAAoohu illa fareeqan mina almu/mineen

And Iblīs had proved right in his assumption about them, and they followed him save a faction among the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-20.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنُّكُم — ẓannukum · "(do) you think"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِرَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Fama thannukum birabbialAAalameen

“So what is your thought about the Lord of All Creation?”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-87.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنَّ — waẓanna · "And became certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ اِلٰى نِعَاجِه۪ۜ وَاِنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنَ الْخُلَطَٓاءِ لَيَبْغ۪ي بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَقَل۪يلٌ مَا هُمْۜ وَظَنَّ دَاوُ۫دُ اَنَّمَا فَتَنَّاهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُ وَخَرَّ رَا‌كِعاً وَاَنَابَ

Qala laqad thalamakabisu-ali naAAjatika ila niAAajihi wa-innakatheeran mina alkhulata-i layabghee baAAduhum AAalabaAAdin illa allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati waqaleelun mahum wathanna dawoodu annama fatannahufastaghfara rabbahu wakharra rakiAAan waanab

Said he: “He has wronged thee in asking thy ewe for his ewes; and many among acquaintances oppress one another save those who heed warning and do righteous deeds — and few are they.” And David understood that We had but subjected him to means of denial; and he asked forgiveness of his Lord, and fell down humbly and repented.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-24.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنُّ — ẓannu · "(is the) assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ وَالْاَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا بَاطِلاًۜ ذٰلِكَ ظَنُّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُواۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنَ النَّارِۜ

Wama khalaqna assamaawal-arda wama baynahuma batilanthalika thannu allatheena kafaroofawaylun lillatheena kafaroo mina annar

And We created not the heaven and the earth and what is between them to no purpose. That is the assumption of those who ignore warning. And woe to those who ignore warning from the Fire!

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-27.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَظُنُّهُۥ — la-aẓunnuhu · "[I] surely think him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

اَسْبَابَ السَّمٰوَاتِ فَاَطَّلِعَ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِ مُوسٰى وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّهُ كَاذِباًۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ وَصُدَّ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ اِلَّا ف۪ي تَبَابٍ۟

Asbaba assamawatifaattaliAAa ila ilahi moosa wa-inneelaathunnuhu kathiban wakathalikazuyyina lifirAAawna soo-o AAamalihi wasudda AAani assabeeliwama kaydu firAAawna illa fee tabab

— The causes of the heavens — that I might look upon the God of Moses; but I think him a liar.” And thus was made fair to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was turned away from the path; and the plan of Pharaoh was only in ruin.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-37.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُمْ — ẓanantum · "you assumed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ اَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلَٓا اَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلَا جُلُودُكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَث۪يراً مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wama kuntum tastatiroona an yashhadaAAalaykum samAAukum wala absarukum walajuloodukum walakin thanantum anna Allahala yaAAlamu katheeran mimma taAAmaloon

“And you hid not yourselves, lest your hearing and your sight and your skins bear witness against you; but you thought that God knew not much of what you did.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-22.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنُّكُمُ — ẓannukumu · "(was) your assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَذٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ اَرْدٰيكُمْ فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Wathalikum thannukumuallathee thanantum birabbikum ardakumfaasbahtum mina alkhasireen

“And that — your thought which you thought about your Lord — has brought you to ruin; and you are now among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-23.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُم — ẓanantum · "you assumed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَذٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذ۪ي ظَنَنْتُمْ بِرَبِّكُمْ اَرْدٰيكُمْ فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Wathalikum thannukumuallathee thanantum birabbikum ardakumfaasbahtum mina alkhasireen

“And that — your thought which you thought about your Lord — has brought you to ruin; and you are now among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-23.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوا۟ — waẓannū · "and they (will) be certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ مَح۪يصٍ

Wadalla AAanhum ma kanooyadAAoona min qablu wathannoo ma lahum minmahees

And strayed from them will be what they called to before; and they will know that they have no place of refuge.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-48.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** أَظُنُّ — aẓunnu · "I think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَلَئِنْ اَذَقْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَرَّٓاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هٰذَا ل۪يۙ وَمَٓا اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَٓائِمَةًۙ وَلَئِنْ رُجِعْتُ اِلٰى رَبّ۪ٓي اِنَّ ل۪ي عِنْدَهُ لَلْحُسْنٰىۚ فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِمَا عَمِلُواۘ وَلَنُذ۪يقَنَّهُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ غَل۪يظٍ

Wala-in athaqnahu rahmatanminna min baAAdi darraa massat-hulayaqoolanna hatha lee wama athunnu assaAAataqa-imatan wala-in rujiAAtu ila rabbee inna leeAAindahu lalhusna falanunabbi-anna allatheenakafaroo bima AAamiloo walanutheeqannahum min AAathabinghaleeth

And if We let him taste mercy after an affliction touches him, he will say: “This is mine; and I think not that the Hour will come — and if I am brought back to my Lord, mine will be the best with Him!” But We will inform those who ignore warning about what they did, and We will let them taste of a stern punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-50.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّونَ — yaẓunnūna · "guess"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالُوا مَا هِيَ اِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَٓا اِلَّا الدَّهْرُۚ وَمَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍۚ  اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Waqaloo ma hiya illa hayatunaaddunya namootu wanahya wamayuhlikuna illa addahru wama lahum bithalikamin AAilmin in hum illa yathunnoon

And they say: “There is only our life of this world: we die, and we live, and there destroys us only time.” But they have no knowledge of that; they are only guessing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-24.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** نَّظُنُّ — naẓunnu · "we think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْر۪ي مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَناًّ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِن۪ينَ

Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen

“And when it was said: ‘The promise of God is true, as is the Hour about which there is no doubt,’ you said: ‘We know not what the Hour is; we think only assumption, and We are not convinced.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-32.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنًّۭا — ẓannan · "an assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا ق۪يلَ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَا قُلْتُمْ مَا نَدْر۪ي مَا السَّاعَةُۙ اِنْ نَظُنُّ اِلَّا ظَناًّ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِن۪ينَ

Wa-itha qeela inna waAAda Allahihaqqun wassaAAatu la rayba feehaqultum ma nadree ma assaAAatu in nathunnuilla thannan wama nahnubimustayqineen

“And when it was said: ‘The promise of God is true, as is the Hour about which there is no doubt,’ you said: ‘We know not what the Hour is; we think only assumption, and We are not convinced.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-32.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّآنِّينَ — l-ẓānīna · "who assume"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِك۪ينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ الظَّٓانّ۪ينَ بِاللّٰهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۜ عَلَيْهِمْ دَٓائِرَةُ السَّوْءِۚ وَغَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَاَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَۜ وَسَٓاءَتْ مَص۪يراً

WayuAAaththiba almunafiqeena walmunafiqatiwalmushrikeena walmushrikati aththanneenabillahi thanna assaw-iAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i waghadiba AllahuAAalayhim walaAAanahum waaAAadda lahum jahannama wasaat maseera

And punish the wavering men, and the wavering women, and the idolaters, and the idolatresses, — those who think an evil thought about God — for them is an evil reversal; and God is wroth with them, and has cursed them, and has prepared for them Gehenna; and evil is it as a journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-6.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "an assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَيُعَذِّبَ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِك۪ينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ الظَّٓانّ۪ينَ بِاللّٰهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۜ عَلَيْهِمْ دَٓائِرَةُ السَّوْءِۚ وَغَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَعَنَهُمْ وَاَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَهَنَّمَۜ وَسَٓاءَتْ مَص۪يراً

WayuAAaththiba almunafiqeena walmunafiqatiwalmushrikeena walmushrikati aththanneenabillahi thanna assaw-iAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i waghadiba AllahuAAalayhim walaAAanahum waaAAadda lahum jahannama wasaat maseera

And punish the wavering men, and the wavering women, and the idolaters, and the idolatresses, — those who think an evil thought about God — for them is an evil reversal; and God is wroth with them, and has cursed them, and has prepared for them Gehenna; and evil is it as a journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-6.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُمْ — ẓanantum · "you thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ اِلٰٓى اَهْل۪يهِمْ اَبَداً وَزُيِّنَ ذٰلِكَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۚ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً بُوراً

Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaarrasoolu walmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna assaw-i wakuntum qawman boora

The truth is, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families; and that was made fair in your hearts, and you thought an evil thought and are a people ruined.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-12.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنَنتُمْ — waẓanantum · "And you assumed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ اِلٰٓى اَهْل۪يهِمْ اَبَداً وَزُيِّنَ ذٰلِكَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۚ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً بُوراً

Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaarrasoolu walmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna assaw-i wakuntum qawman boora

The truth is, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families; and that was made fair in your hearts, and you thought an evil thought and are a people ruined.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-12.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "an assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

بَلْ ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْقَلِبَ الرَّسُولُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ اِلٰٓى اَهْل۪يهِمْ اَبَداً وَزُيِّنَ ذٰلِكَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَظَنَنْتُمْ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِۚ وَكُنْتُمْ قَوْماً بُوراً

Bal thanantum an lan yanqalibaarrasoolu walmu/minoona ila ahleehimabadan wazuyyina thalika fee quloobikum wathanantumthanna assaw-i wakuntum qawman boora

The truth is, you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families; and that was made fair in your hearts, and you thought an evil thought and are a people ruined.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-12.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنِّ — l-ẓani · "the assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَث۪يراً مِنَ الظَّنِّۚ اِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ اِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاًۜ اَيُحِبُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ اَخ۪يهِ مَيْتاً فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ تَـوَّابٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooijtaniboo katheeran mina aththanni innabaAAda aththanni ithmun walatajassasoo wala yaghtab baAAdukum baAAdanayuhibbu ahadukum an ya/kula lahma akheehimaytan fakarihtumoohu wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahatawwabun raheem

O you who heed warning: avoid much assumption; some assumption is sin. And spy not; neither backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it. And be in prudent fear of God; God is accepting of repentance and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-12.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنِّ — l-ẓani · "assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَث۪يراً مِنَ الظَّنِّۚ اِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ اِثْمٌ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاًۜ اَيُحِبُّ اَحَدُكُمْ اَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ اَخ۪يهِ مَيْتاً فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ تَـوَّابٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooijtaniboo katheeran mina aththanni innabaAAda aththanni ithmun walatajassasoo wala yaghtab baAAdukum baAAdanayuhibbu ahadukum an ya/kula lahma akheehimaytan fakarihtumoohu wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahatawwabun raheem

O you who heed warning: avoid much assumption; some assumption is sin. And spy not; neither backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would detest it. And be in prudent fear of God; God is accepting of repentance and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-12.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّٓا اَسْمَٓاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَٓا اَنْتُمْ وَاٰبَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بِهَا مِنْ سُلْطَانٍۜ اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْاَنْفُسُۚ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَهُمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمُ الْهُدٰىۜ

In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda

They are only names you have named, you and your fathers, for which God sent down no authority. They follow only assumption, and what their souls desire; but there has come to them guidance from their Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-23.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ ۖ — l-ẓana · "assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍۜ  اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْن۪ي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـٔاًۚ

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a

But they have no knowledge thereof, they follow only assumption; and assumption avails nothing against the truth.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-28.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلظَّنَّ — l-ẓana · "the assumption"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَمَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍۜ  اِنْ يَتَّبِعُونَ اِلَّا الظَّنَّۚ وَاِنَّ الظَّنَّ لَا يُغْن۪ي مِنَ الْحَقِّ شَيْـٔاًۚ

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a

But they have no knowledge thereof, they follow only assumption; and assumption avails nothing against the truth.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-28.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُمْ — ẓanantum · "you think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنُّوٓا۟ — waẓannū · "and they thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُ — ẓanantu · "was certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

اِنّ۪ي ظَنَنْتُ اَنّ۪ي مُلَاقٍ حِسَابِيَهْۚ

Innee thanantu annee mulaqinhisabiyah

“I knew that I should meet my reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-20.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنَّآ — ẓanannā · "thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّا ظَنَنَّٓا اَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۙ

Waanna thanannaan lan taqoola al-insu waljinnu AAala Allahikathiba

“And that: ‘We had thought that the servi and the domini would not ascribe a lie to God.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-5.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنُّوا۟ — ẓannū · "thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ اَحَداًۙ

Waannahum thannoo kama thanantuman lan yabAAatha Allahu ahada

“And that: ‘They thought, as you thought, that God would never raise up anyone.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-7.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنتُمْ — ẓanantum · "you thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا كَمَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ اَحَداًۙ

Waannahum thannoo kama thanantuman lan yabAAatha Allahu ahada

“And that: ‘They thought, as you thought, that God would never raise up anyone.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-7.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَنَّآ — ẓanannā · "[we] have become certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّا ظَنَنَّٓا اَنْ لَنْ نُعْجِزَ اللّٰهَ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَلَنْ نُعْجِزَهُ هَرَباًۙ

Wanna thanannaan lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee al-ardi walan nuAAjizahuharaba

“And that: ‘We know that we will never escape God in the earth, nor will we escape Him by flight.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-12.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** تَظُنُّ — taẓunnu · "Thinking"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَظُنُّ اَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِهَا فَاقِرَةٌۜ

Tathunnu an yufAAala bihafaqira

Thinking that a crushing calamity is upon them.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-25.md_

### 75. Surah Al-Qiyamah, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** وَظَنَّ — waẓanna · "And he is certain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَظَنَّ اَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُۙ

Wathanna annahu alfiraq

(And he thinks that it is the departing,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qiyamah/verse-28.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَظُنُّ — yaẓunnu · "think"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَا يَظُنُّ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَنَّهُمْ مَبْعُوثُونَۙ

Ala yathunnu ola-ikaannahum mabAAoothoon

Do those not think that they will be raised

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-4.md_

### 84. Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ظَنَّ — ẓanna · "(had) thought"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّهُ ظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ يَحُورَۚۛ

Innahu thanna an lan yahoor

He thought he would never return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-inshiqaq/verse-14.md_

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