Quran 7:194 — Al-A'raaf, verse 194
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those you [idolaters] call upon instead of God are created beings like you. Call upon them, then, and let them respond to you if what you say is true.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَادْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
inna alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi ʿibādun amthālukum fa-id'ʿūhum falyastajībū lakum in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those on whom you call apart from God, are servants the likes of you; call them and let them answer you, if you speak truly.
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, all those whom you invoke beside God are but created beings like yourselves: invoke them, then, and let them answer your prayer - if what you claim is true!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those whom | — |
| 3 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | you call | دعو |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | عِبَادٌʿibādun | (are) slaves | عبد |
| 8 | أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖamthālukum | like you | مثل |
| 9 | فَٱدْعُوهُمْfa-id'ʿūhum | So invoke them | دعو |
| 10 | فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībū | and let them respond | جوب |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | to you | — |
| 12 | إِنin | if | — |
| 13 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 14 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |