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Al-A'raf 7:193

وَإِن تَدۡعُوهُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمۡۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَدَعَوۡتُمُوهُمۡ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ صَٰمِتُونَ

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.

Word by word

وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
تَدۡعُوهُمۡ
tadʿūhum
you call them
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
إِلَى
ilā
to
Vocabulary
ٱلۡهُدَىٰ
l-hudā
the guidance
Vocabulary
Root: هدي
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَتَّبِعُوكُمۡۚ
yattabiʿūkum
will they follow you
Vocabulary
Root: تبع
سَوَآءٌ
sawāon
(It is) same
Vocabulary
Root: سوي
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
ʿalaykum
for you
Vocabulary
أَدَعَوۡتُمُوهُمۡ
adaʿawtumūhum
whether you call them
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
أَمۡ
am
or
Vocabulary
أَنتُمۡ
antum
you
Vocabulary
صَٰمِتُونَ
ṣāmitūna
remain silent
Vocabulary
Root: صمت

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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.