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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 193 (7:193)

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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ …

Quran 7:193 is ayah 193 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 175 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:193
وَإِنتَدْعُوهُمْإِلَىٱلْهُدَىٰلَايَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚسَوَآءٌعَلَيْكُمْأَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْأَمْأَنتُمْصَٰمِتُونَ١٩٣
wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yattabiʿūkum sawāon ʿalaykum adaʿawtumūhum am antum ṣāmitūna

And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.(193)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. تَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou call them
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
  5. لَاlānot
  6. يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚyattabiʿūkumwill they follow you
  7. سَوَآءٌsawāon(It is) same
  8. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumfor you
  9. أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْadaʿawtumūhumwhether you call them
  10. أَمْamor
  11. أَنتُمْantumyou
  12. صَٰمِتُونَṣāmitūnaremain silent

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