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Surah 7. Al-A'raf, Ayah 193

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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَـٰمِتُونَ

Wain tadAAoohum il a alhud a l a yattabiAAookum saw a on AAalaykum adaAAawtumoohum am antum sa mitoon a

and, if you pray to them for guidance, do not respond to you?¹⁵⁸ As far as you are concerned, it is all one whether you invoke them or keep silent.

- Mohammad Asad

If you invite them to guidance they will not follow you. It will be all the same for you whether you call them or hold your peace.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And if you 'idolaters' call upon them for guidance, they cannot respond to you. It is all the same whether you call them or remain silent.

- Mustafa Khattab

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

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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! ¹¹⁶⁶

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali