Tafsir for verse: 6:116
وَإِن تُطِعۡ أَكۡثَرَ مَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يُضِلُّوكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا يَخۡرُصُونَ ١١٦ ﴿116﴾
116If you obey the majority of those on earth, they will make you lose the way of Allah. They follow nothing but whims, and they do nothing but make conjectures.
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Commentary
And if you obey most of those on earth, meaning the people, they will lead you astray. This is because most of them, in general, follow their desires. Then it is said: They follow nothing but conjecture, which is their assumption that their forefathers were upon the truth, so they imitate them. And they are only guessing, estimating that they are upon something. Or they are lying in that Allah has prohibited such and such and permitted such and such.
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