Surah Al-A'raf 7:198 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 198 / 206 · Page 176
ۖ وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى لَا يَسْمَعُوا وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
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Transliteration
Wa in tad'oohum ilal hudaa laa yasm'oo wa taraahum yanzuroona ilaika wa hum laa yubsiroon
Translation
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If you call your idols which you worship instead of Allah to the right path and steadfastness, they will not hear you calling them. You see them facing you with painted eyes, objects that cannot see! For they used to make statues in the form of people and animals, with hands, feet and eyes, but they were just objects, inanimate and unable to move.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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