Al-Qur'an Surah An-Najm Verse 30

Mufti Taqi Usmani

That is the limit of their access to knowledge. Indeed only your Lord knows well about the one who has gone astray from his way, and He knows well about the one who has adopted the right path.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

This is the extent of their knowledge. Surely your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Way and who is ˹rightly˺ guided.

Ruwwad Translation Center

That is the limit of their knowledge. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Way, and He knows best who is guided.

A. J. Arberry

That is their attainment of knowledge. Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided.

Abdul Haleem

Their knowledge does not go beyond that. Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who follows guidance.

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

That is their highest point of knowledge. Verily thine Lord! it is He Who is the Best Knower of him who strayeth from His way, and He is the Best Knower of him who letteth himself be guided.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who receive guidance.

Abul Ala Maududi

that being the utmost of their knowledge. Surely your Lord fully knows those who have strayed away from His Path and He also fully knows those who are rightly guided.

Ahmed Ali

This is the farthest limit of their knowledge. Surely your Lord alone knows best who has strayed away from the path and who has come to guidance.

Ahmed Raza Khan

This is the extent of their knowledge; indeed your Lord well knows one who has strayed from His path, and He well knows one who has attained guidance.

Ali Quli Qarai

That is the ultimate reach of their knowledge. Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided.

Ali Ünal

Such is their sum of knowledge (limited by desires of the moment, and the falsehoods they have inherited unthinkingly and become used to, limited to the outer surface of things). Surely your Lord knows best him who has gone astray, and He knows best him who goes right (following the Straight Path of his Lord).

Amatul Rahman Omar

That is the highest attainment of their knowledge. Verily, your Lord knows very well those who go astray from His path, as He knows very well those who follow the right guidance.

English Literal

That (is) their capacity/limit from the knowledge, that truly your Lord, He is more knowledgeable with who was misguided from His way/path , and He is more knowledgeable with who was guided.

Faridul Haque

This is the extent of their knowledge; indeed your Lord well knows one who has strayed from His path, and He well knows one who has attained guidance.

Hamid S. Aziz

That is their sum of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

Hilali & Khan

That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with female names.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.

Muhammad Sarwar

This is what the extent of their knowledge amounts to. Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path and who has been rightly guided.

Qaribullah & Darwish

That is all they have of knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His Path, and those who are guided.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord is He, Who knows best him who goes astray from His path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

Wahiduddin Khan

That is the ultimate extent of their knowledge. Surely your Lord knows best those who stray from His path and He knows best those who follow His guidance.

Talal Itani

That is the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who has accepted guidance.

Tafsir jalalayn

That, namely, the desire of this world, is the full extent of their knowledge, that is, the limit of their knowledge, namely, that they have preferred this life to [that of] the Hereafter. Truly your Lord knows best those who have strayed from His way, and He knows best those who are [rightly] guided; He has knowledge of both and will requite both.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

ذَلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ

That is what they could reach of knowledge.

meaning, seeking this life and striving hard in its affairs is the best knowledge they have acquired. There is also the reported supplication;

اللْهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا

O Allah! Make not this life the greatest of our concerns, nor the best knowledge that we can attain.

Allah's statement,

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ اهْتَدَى



Verily, your Lord is He, Who knows best him who goes astray from His path, and He knows best him who receives guidance.

meaning, He is the Creator of all creatures and He knows whatever benefits His servants. Allah is the One Who guides whom He wills and misguides whom He wills, and all of this indicates His power, knowledge and wisdom. Certainly, He is Just and never legislates or decrees unjustly