Surat Al-Baqarah Verse No. 78: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 78 from Surah Al-Baqarah : Number of verses 286 - - page 12 - Part 1.
﴾وَمِنۡهُمۡ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ﴿
[ البقرة: 78]
And there are among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess.
English - Sahih International
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(2:78) Then there are among them some un-lettered people who have no knowledge of the Book but depend upon empty hopes and are guided by mere conjecture and guess-work. *89
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*89). This was the state of the Jewish masses. They were ignorant of the Scriptures, unaware of the principles of faith as enunciated by God in His Book, unaware of the rules of conduct that He had laid down, and of the teachings which are of fundamental importance for man's salvation. Because they lacked this knowledge, they fabricated a whole religion out of their desires and fancies, living in a paradise built on false hopes and illusions.