Surah Al-A'raf 7:193 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 193 / 206 · Page 175

ۚ وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَامِتُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
تَدْعُوهُمْ
tad'uhum
you call them
إِلَى
ila
to
الْهُدَى
al-huda
the guidance
لَا
la
not
يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ
yattabi'ukum
will they follow you
سَوَاءٌ
sawaon
(It is) same
عَلَيْكُمْ
alaykum
for you
أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ
ada'awtumuhum
whether you call them
أَمْ
am
or
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
صَامِتُونَ
samituna
remain silent

Transliteration

Wa in tad'oohum ilalhudaa laa yattabi'ookum; sawaaa'un 'alaikum a-da'awtumoohum am antum saamitoon

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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