سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:198

The Elevated Places · Verse 198 of 206

وَإِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا ۖ وَتَرَاهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And if you call these (polytheists) to guidance they will not even be able to hear (you speak). And though you see them (as if they are) looking at you while (as a matter of fact) they do not see (anything being absent minded as they are).

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.

Ahmed Ali

When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

If you call them to the guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you (and may suppose that they have the power of seeing), but they do not see (having no insight or perceptiveness)."

Daryabadi

And if ye Call them towards guidance they will not hear and thou wilt behold them looking at thee, but they see not.

Faridul Haque

And if you call them to guidance they do not listen; and you (Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) observe them looking towards you, whereas they do not perceive anything.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not; and thou seest them looking towards thee, yet they see not.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not.

Muhammad Asad

and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."

Muhammad Musin Khan

And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.

Muhammad Pickthall

And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), if you invite them to the right guidance, they will not listen to you. You will see them looking at you but they do not really see.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see.

Rashad Khalifa

When you invite them to the guidance, they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.

Shabbir Ahmed

When you invite them to the guidance, they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.