سورة الاٴعرَاف
Surah Al-A‘râf 7:194
The Elevated Places · Verse 194 of 206
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَادْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Verily, those whom you call on beside Allâh are (merely helpless maids or) servants like yourselves. (If it is not so then) call on them, they should then make a response to you if you are right.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful!
Ahmed Ali
Those whom you invoke besides God are created beings like you. So call on them and let them answer your call, if what you say is true.
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Ali Unal
Those whom you deify and invoke, apart from God, are subservient beings created by God just like yourselves. (If you think and claim otherwise) then call on them and let them answer you, if you are truthful!
Daryabadi
Verily those whom ye call upon beside Allah are creatures like unto you; so call on them, and let them answer you if ye say sooth.
Faridul Haque
Indeed those whom you (the disbelievers) worship besides Allah are slaves like you - so call them and they may answer you, if you are truthful!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Those whom you call on besides Allah are slaves like yourselves; so call on them, then let them answer you, if you are truthful.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Surely, those whom you call on beside ALLAH are creatures like you. Then call on them and let them answer you, if you are truthful.
Muhammad Asad
Verily, all those whom you invoke beside God are but created beings like yourselves: invoke them, then, and let them answer your prayer - if what you claim is true!
Muhammad Musin Khan
Verily, those whom you call upon besides Allah are slaves like you. So call upon them and let them answer you if you are truthful.
Muhammad Pickthall
Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah are slaves like unto you. Call on them now, and let them answer you, if ye are truthful!
Muhammad Sarwar
Those whom you (pagans) worship besides God, are themselves servants just like yourselves. If your claim was true, they should answer your prayers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Surely those whom you call on besides Allah are in a state of subjugation like yourselves; therefore call on them, then let them answer you if you are truthful.
Rashad Khalifa
The idols you invoke besides GOD are creatures like you. Go ahead and call upon them; let them respond to you, if you are right.
Shabbir Ahmed
Those whom you call upon besides God, such as the mystics and saints, are people like you. Go ahead and call upon them, let them respond by helping you if you are true in your belief.