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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 194 (7:194)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ …

Quran 7:194 is ayah 194 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.

7:194
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَتَدْعُونَمِندُونِٱللَّهِعِبَادٌأَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖفَٱدْعُوهُمْفَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟لَكُمْإِنكُنتُمْصَٰدِقِينَ١٩٤
inna alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi ʿibādun amthālukum fa-id'ʿūhum falyastajībū lakum in kuntum ṣādiqīna

Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allāh are servants [i.e., creations] like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.(194)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
  3. تَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou call
  4. مِنminfrom
  5. دُونِdūnibesides
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. عِبَادٌʿibādun(are) slaves
  8. أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖamthālukumlike you
  9. فَٱدْعُوهُمْfa-id'ʿūhumSo invoke them
  10. فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībūand let them respond
  11. لَكُمْlakumto you
  12. إِنinif
  13. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  14. صَٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

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