Quran 7:198 — Al-A'raaf, verse 198
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not hear. You [Prophet] may observe them looking at you, but they can-not see.
وَإِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا ۖ وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yasmaʿū watarāhum yanẓurūna ilayka wahum lā yub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If you call them to the guidance they do not hear; and thou seest them looking at thee, unperceiving.
- Muhammad Asad
- and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."
- Sahih International
- And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.
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 | يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖyasmaʿū | do they not | سمع |
| 7 | وَتَرَىٰهُمْwatarāhum | And you see them | رأي |
| 8 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | looking | نظر |
| 9 | إِلَيْكَilayka | at you | — |
| 10 | وَهُمْwahum | but they | — |
| 11 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 12 | يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna | (do) they see | بصر |