Surah Al-Ma'arij 70:17 — translation and meaning

المعارج · Verse 17 / 44 · Page 569

تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى

Word by Word

تَدْعُو
tad'u
Inviting
مَنْ
man
(him) who
أَدْبَرَ
adbara
turned his back
وَتَوَلَّى
watawalla
and went away

Transliteration

Tad'oo man adbara wa tawallaa

Translation

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It will call out to whoever turned away from the truth, distanced himself from it, did not bring faith in it nor acted upon it.

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

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