The Quran

سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:193

The Elevated Places · Verse 193 of 206

وَإِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنْتُمْ صَامِتُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And if you (O Polytheists!) invite these (associated gods) for (your) guidance, they will not respond to you. It makes no difference to you whether you call them or you remain silent.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!

Ahmed Ali

If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same if you call them or hold your tongue.

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Ali Unal

And if you call them in the direction of guidance, they do not follow you: It is the same for you whether you call to them or remain silent.

Daryabadi

And if ye call them toward guidance they follow you not: it is the same to you whether ye call them or are silent.

Faridul Haque

And if you call the disbelievers to guidance, they do not follow you; it is the same for you, whether you invite them or remain silent.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if you call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same to you whether you call them or you remain silent.

Muhammad Asad

and, if you pray to them for guidance, do not respond to you? As far as you are concerned, it is all one whether you invoke them or keep silent.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you call them or you keep silent.

Muhammad Pickthall

And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye call them or are silent is all one for you.

Muhammad Sarwar

Believers, even if you invite them to true guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no difference whether you invite them or whether you keep quiet.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent.

Rashad Khalifa

When you invite them to the guidance, they do not follow you. Thus, it is the same for them whether you invite them, or remain silent.

Shabbir Ahmed

When you invite them to the guidance, they do not follow you. Thus, it is the same for them whether you invite them, or remain silent.