Quran 7:193 — Al-A'raaf, verse 193
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not fol-low you: it makes no difference whether you call them or remain silent.
وَإِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنْتُمْ صَامِتُونَ
wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yattabiʿūkum sawāon ʿalaykum adaʿawtumūhum am antum ṣāmitūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you call them to guidance they will not follow you; equal it is to you whether you call them, or whether you are silent.
- Muhammad Asad
- and, if you pray to them for guidance, do not respond to you? As far as you are concerned, it is all one whether you invoke them or keep silent.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | تَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhum | you call them | دعو |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 4 | ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 5 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 6 | يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚyattabiʿūkum | will they follow you | تبع |
| 7 | سَوَآءٌsawāon | (It is) same | سوي |
| 8 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | for you | — |
| 9 | أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْadaʿawtumūhum | whether you call them | دعو |
| 10 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 11 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 12 | صَـٰمِتُونَṣāmitūna | remain silent | صمت |