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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-A'raf 7:193

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وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ ۚ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَـٰمِتُونَ

And if you [believers] invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you invite them or you are silent.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإن ندعوا -أيها المشركون- هذه الأصنام التي عبدتموها من دون الله إلى الهدى، لا تسمع دعاءكم ولا تتبعكم; يستوي دعاؤكم لها وسكوتكم عنها; لأنها لا تسمع ولا تبصر ولا تَهدِي ولا تُهدى.

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