Quran 7:198 Word by Word & Translations

7:198 Word by Word (2021)

And if you call them to the guidance not do they hear. And you see them looking at you but they not (do) they see.


7:198 Arabic

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

7:198 Transliteration

Wa-in tadAAoohum ila alhuda la yasmaAAoo watarahum yanthuroona ilayka wahum la yubsiroona
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And when you invite them to the guidance, they do not listen. And you see them looking at you, while they do not see.
Abdel Haleem
If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not hear. You [Prophet] may observe them looking at you, but they can-not see
Abdul Hye
And if you call them to the guidance, they don’t hear and you see them looking at you, yet they don’t see.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And if ye Call them towards guidance they will not hear and thou wilt behold them looking at thee, but they see not
Ahmed Ali
When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see."
Ahmed Hulusi
If you call them for guidance they will not hear... You will think they are looking at you but they will not see!
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And if you call them towards guidance, they hear not. And you see them looking at you, and they see nothing.
Aisha Bewley
If you call them to guidance, they do not hear. You see them looking at you, yet they do not see.
Ali Ünal
If you call them to the guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you (and may suppose that they have the power of seeing), but they do not see (having no insight or perceptiveness)."
Ali Quli Qara'i
If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them observing you, but they do not perceive
Amatul Rahman Omar
And if you call these (polytheists) to guidance they will not even be able to hear (you speak). And though you see them (as if they are) looking at you while (as a matter of fact) they do not see (anything being absent minded as they are)
Arthur John Arberry
If you call them to the guidance they do not hear; and thou seest them looking at thee, unperceiving
Bakhtiari Nejad
And if you (believers) invite them (the idolaters) to the guidance, they do not hear, and you (Muhammad) see them looking at you while (in fact) they do not see.
Bijan Moeinian
When you invite them to the right path, their ears does not process your call. Although it seems that they are looking at you, they do not see nothing
Bilal Muhammad 2018
If you call them for guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, but they see not
Corpus.Quran
And if you call them to the guidance not do they not And you see them looking at you but they not (do) they see
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if you call them to guidance they do not listen. And you see them, they look at you, yet they see not (the reality).”
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And if you call them to the guidance, they hear not. Thou hast seen them look on thee, but they perceive not.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And if you call them towards guidance, they cannot (even) hear. And you see these (idols are sculptured in such a way) as if they were looking at you, whereas they do not see (anything)
Dr. Munir Munshey
"If you invite them towards the guidance, they will not hear. You think they are looking at you, but they do not see a thing!"
Edward Henry Palmer
But if ye call them unto the guidance they will not hear, thou mayest see them looking towards thee, yet they do not see
Faridul Haque
And if you call them to guidance they do not listen; and you (Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) observe them looking towards you, whereas they do not perceive anything
Fode Drame
And if you call them to the guidance, they will not hear and you view them looking at you while they do not see.
George Sale
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not
Hamid S. Aziz
But if you call them unto the guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, yet they see not
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
If you call them to guidance, they will not hear you. You see them looking towards you, but they cannot see
Hilali - Khan
And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not
Irving/Hegab
If you summon them to guidance, they will not hear, and you will see them looking towards you while they are [really] not seeing [anything]."
John Medows Rodwell
And if ye summon them to "the guidance," they hear you not: thou seest them look towards thee, but they do not see
Linda "iLham" Barto
If you call (the idolaters) to guidance, they won’t even hear you. You will see them looking at you, but they see nothing.
Maududi
And if you were to call them to true guidance, they will not hear; and you observe them looking at you whereas they have no power to see.´
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not; and thou seest them looking towards thee, yet they see not
Mir Aneesuddin
And if you invite them towards guidance they do not hear and you see them looking towards you but they do not see.
Mohammad Shafi
And if you invite them to the Guidance, they do not listen. And you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And if you call them to the guidance, they do not hear/listen, and you see them looking/watching to you, and they are not seeing/understanding
Muhammad Asad
and if you pray unto them for guidance, they do not hear; and though thou mayest imagine that they behold thee, they do not see."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And in case you call them to the guidance, they do not hear, and you see them looking at you, and they do not behold.
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), if you invite them to the right guidance, they will not listen to you. You will see them looking at you but they do not really see
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
If you call them for guidance, they shall not hear. You see them as if they are looking at you, while they cannot see
Munir Mezyed
If it happens that you provide a means for them to receive spiritual insight, they are not willing to listen to you. You could see them looking towards you, but they do not see.
MunirMezyed2023
If it happens that you provide a means for them to get this awesome opportunity for receiving salvation, they are not willing to listen to you. You could see them looking towards you, but they do not see.
Musharraf Hussain
if you call them towards guidance, they won’t hear. You may think they are seeing you, but they can’t see.”
Mustafa Khattab 2018
If you ˹idolaters˺ call them to guidance, they cannot hear. And you ˹O Prophet˺ may see them facing towards you, but they cannot see.
Mustaqim
And if you call them to the guidance they do not hear, and you see them gazing at you but they do not see.
N J Dawood 2014
If you call them to the right guidance, they will not hear. You find them looking towards you, but they cannot see
Rashad Khalifa
When you invite them to the guidance, they do not hear. And you see them looking at you, but they do not see.
Safi Kaskas
and if you pray to them for guidance, they do not hear and although you may imagine that they see you, they do not see.
Samy Mahdy
And if you call them for guidance, they will not be hearing. And you see them looking at you, while they are not seeing.
Shabbir Ahmed
Such people are lost in their reverence of false deities. When you invite them to Guidance, they hear without listening and you see them looking at you, but they see not
Shakir
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see
Sher Ali
And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not
Syed Vickar Ahamed
If you call them to guidance— They will not hear, you will see them looking at you, yet they do not see
T.B.Irving
If you summon them to guidance, they will not hear, and you will see them looking towards you while they are [really] not seeing [anything]."
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And if you invite them for guidance, they can’t hear. You may see them looking towards you, but they don’t see.
Talal Itani (2012)
And if you call them to guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you, yet they do not see
The Study Quran
If thou callest them unto guidance, they hear not. Thou seest them looking upon thee, but they see not
The Wise Quran
And if you call them to the guidance they do not hear, and you may see them looking towards you, while they do not see.
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see
Wahiduddin Khan
If you call them to the right path, they will not hear you. You find them looking towards you, but they do not see you
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not