Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 198 (7:198)

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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَهُمْ لَا …

Quran 7:198 is ayah 198 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 176 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:198
وَإِنتَدْعُوهُمْإِلَىٱلْهُدَىٰلَايَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖوَتَرَىٰهُمْيَنظُرُونَإِلَيْكَوَهُمْلَايُبْصِرُونَ١٩٨
wa-in tadʿūhum ilā l-hudā lā yasmaʿū watarāhum yanẓurūna ilayka wahum lā yub'ṣirūna

And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.(198)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. تَدْعُوهُمْtadʿūhumyou call them
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe guidance
  5. لَاlānot
  6. يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖyasmaʿūdo they not
  7. وَتَرَىٰهُمْwatarāhumAnd you see them
  8. يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnalooking
  9. إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
  10. وَهُمْwahumbut they
  11. لَاlānot
  12. يُبْصِرُونَyub'ṣirūna(do) they see

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