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Al-A'raf Surah 7

Verse 199

الأعراف

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العربیّا نور ماجدی (Arabic Noor Majadi)

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

7:199

وَاِنۡ تَدۡعُوۡہُمۡ اِلَی الۡہُدٰی لَا یَسۡمَعُوۡا ۖ وَتَرٰٮہُمۡ یَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَیۡکَ وَہُمۡ لَا یُبۡصِرُوۡنَ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not.

اردو ترجمہ مرزا طاہر احمد خلیفة المسیح الرابعؒ

اور اگر تم ان کو ہدایت کی طرف بلاؤ تو سنیں گے نہیں اور تُو انہیں دیکھے گا کہ وہ تیری طرف گویا دیکھ رہے ہیں جبکہ وہ دیکھ نہیں رہے۔

French

Et si vous les invitez vers la direction, ils n’entendent pas. Et tu les vois regarder vers toi, mais ils ne voient pas.

German

Und wenn ihr sie zum rechten Pfad ruft, so hören sie nicht. Und du siehst sie nach dir schauen, doch sie sehen nicht.

Chinese

[e]如果你趋向正道呼唤他们, 他们将不能听见。[f]你看他们好像正在看着你, 其实他们并不看着。

7:194.

10:44.

Italian

E se li invitate alla guida, essi non odono. E tu li vedi guardare verso di te, ma essi non vedono.

Spanish

Si los invitáis a la guía, no os escuchan. Y ves que te miran, pero no te ven.

اردو تفسیرِ صغیر

اور اگر تم ان کو ہدایت کی طرف بلاؤ تو وہ سن نہیں سکتے اور تو ان کو دیکھتا ہے کہ گویا وہ تجھے دیکھ رہے ہیں حالانکہ وہ (تجھے) نہیں دیکھ رہے۔

English - Short Commentary Translation

[e]And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. And [f]thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not.[1087]

7:194.

10:44.

A person steeped in error refuses to accept the truth, however clear and unmistakable may be the Signs shown to him to establish the untenability of his position. The disbelievers see the cause of Islam advancing by rapid strides before their very eyes, yet they pretend not to see it and refuse to acknowledge it.

English - Five Volume Translation

[c]And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not. [d]And thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not.[1083]

7:194

10:44.

Commentary:

A person steeped in error refuses to accept the truth, however clear and unmistakable the signs shown to him to establish the untenability of his position. The verse means to say that disbelievers see the cause of Islam making progress by rapid strides before their own eyes, yet they pretend not to see it and refuse to acknowledge it.

اردو ترجمہ مودودی

بلکہ اگر تم انہیں سیدھی راہ پر آنے کے لیے کہو تو وہ تمہاری بات سن بھی نہیں سکتے بظاہر تم کو ایسا نظر آتا ہے کہ وہ تمہاری طرف دیکھ رہے ہیں مگر فی الواقع وہ کچھ بھی نہیں دیکھتے"

English - Sahih

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

اردو ترجمہ احمد علی

اور اگر تم انہیں راستہ کی طرف پکارو تو وہ کچھ نہیں سنیں گے اور تو دیکھے گا کہ وہ تیری طرف دیکھتے ہیں حالانکہ وہ کچھ نہیں دیکھتے

English - Talal Itani

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.

Chinese Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

7:194.

10:44.

اردہ تفصیرِ صغیر نوٹس ^*

English - Arberry

If you call them to the guidance they do not hear; and thou seest them looking at thee, unperceiving.

English - 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.'

English - 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."

English - Yusuf Ali

If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.

English - Five Volume Commentary ^*

Cross Refs:

7:194

10:44.

1083

Commentary:

English - Short Commentary Notes ^*

Cross Refs:

7:194.

10:44.

1087

English - 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.

English - Muhammad Ali ^ra

And if you invite them to guidance, they hear not; and thou seest them looking towards thee, yet they see not.

English - Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan ^ra

If thou call them to guidance, they hear not. Thou seest them looking towards thee, but they see not.

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