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Ar-Ra'd 13:14

لَهُۥ دَعۡوَةُ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسۡتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَيۡءٍ إِلَّا كَبَٰسِطِ كَفَّيۡهِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَآءِ لِيَبۡلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَٰلِغِهِۦۚ وَمَا دُعَآءُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَٰلٖ

Calling upon Him ˹alone˺ is the truth. But those ˹idols˺ the pagans invoke besides Him ˹can˺ never respond to them in any way. ˹It is˺ just like someone who stretches out their hands to water, ˹asking it˺ to reach their mouths, but it can never do so. The calls of the disbelievers are only in vain.

Word by word

لَهُۥ
lahu
To Him
Vocabulary
دَعۡوَةُ
daʿwatu
(is) supplication
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
ٱلۡحَقِّۚ
l-ḥaqi
(of) the truth
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those whom
Vocabulary
يَدۡعُونَ
yadʿūna
they invoke
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
مِن
min
besides Him
Vocabulary
دُونِهِۦ
dūnihi
besides Him
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَجِيبُونَ
yastajībūna
they respond
Vocabulary
Root: جوب
لَهُم
lahum
to them
Vocabulary
بِشَيۡءٍ
bishayin
with a thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
كَبَٰسِطِ
kabāsiṭi
like one who stretches
Vocabulary
Root: بسط
كَفَّيۡهِ
kaffayhi
his hands
Vocabulary
Root: كفف
إِلَى
ilā
towards
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمَآءِ
l-māi
water
Vocabulary
Root: موه
لِيَبۡلُغَ
liyablugha
to reach
Vocabulary
Root: بلغ
فَاهُ
fāhu
his mouth
Vocabulary
Root: فوه
وَمَا
wamā
but not
Vocabulary
هُوَ
huwa
it
Vocabulary
بِبَٰلِغِهِۦۚ
bibālighihi
reaches it
Vocabulary
وَمَا
wamā
And not
Vocabulary
دُعَآءُ
duʿāu
(is) the supplication
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
(of) the disbelievers
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
إِلَّا
illā
but
Vocabulary
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ضَلَٰلٖ
ḍalālin
error
Vocabulary
Root: ضلل

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.