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Al-A'raf 193

Ayah 193 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِن تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمۡۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَدَعَوۡتُمُوهُمۡ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ صَٰمِتُونَ ١٩٣

And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. تَدۡعُوهُمۡyou call themtadʿūhum
  3. إِلَىtoilā
  4. ٱلۡهُدَىٰthe guidancel-hudā
  5. لَاnotlā
  6. يَتَّبِعُوكُمۡۚwill they follow youyattabiʿūkum
  7. سَوَآءٌ(It is) samesawāon
  8. عَلَيۡكُمۡfor youʿalaykum
  9. أَدَعَوۡتُمُوهُمۡwhether you call themadaʿawtumūhum
  10. أَمۡoram
  11. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  12. صَٰمِتُونَremain silentṣāmitūna

Tafsir

And If you call these idols which you take as gods to guidance, they will not respond to what you call them to, nor can they follow you. It is the same whether you call them, or keep silent, because they are just objects, and are not conscious: they do not hear, and they cannot speak.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran