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Al-A'raf 194

Ayah 194 of 206 · Meccan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمۡثَالُكُمۡۖ فَٱدۡعُوهُمۡ فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١٩٤

Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allāh are servants [i.e., creations] like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  3. تَدۡعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  4. مِنfrommin
  5. دُونِbesidesdūni
  6. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  7. عِبَادٌ(are) slavesʿibādun
  8. أَمۡثَالُكُمۡۖlike youamthālukum
  9. فَٱدۡعُوهُمۡSo invoke themfa-id'ʿūhum
  10. فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْand let them respondfalyastajībū
  11. لَكُمۡto youlakum
  12. إِنifin
  13. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  14. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

Those you call upon instead of Allah were created by Allah, and belong to Him, so they are the same as you in that way, although you are better in that you are living, and are able to speak and walk, and hear and see, while your idols are not so. Call on them and let them respond to you if you are telling the truth in what you say about them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran