إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ أَمۡ لَمۡ تُنذِرۡهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Indeed, those who disbelieve 1 - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Literally, "cover" or "conceal" (faith or truth).
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إِنَّ Indeed inna ٱلَّذِينَ those who alladhīna كَفَرُواْ disbelieve[d] kafarū سَوَآءٌ (it) is same sawāon عَلَيۡهِمۡ to them ʿalayhim ءَأَنذَرۡتَهُمۡ whether you warn them a-andhartahum أَمۡ or am لَمۡ not lam تُنذِرۡهُمۡ you warn them tundhir'hum لَا not lā يُؤۡمِنُونَ they believe yu'minūna Tafsir Those who reject what Allah revealed to His Messenger continue on the wrong path in their stubbornness. So, it makes no difference whether you warn them or not.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran
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