Al-A'raf Verse 193

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.

If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same whether you call them or remain silent.

If you call them to guidance they will not follow you; equal it is to you whether you call them, or whether you are silent.

If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not fol-low you: it makes no difference whether you call them or remain silent.

And if ye call them toward guidance they follow you not: it is the same to you whether ye call them or are silent.

If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey; For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!

And if you call them to true guidance, they will not follow you. It is all the same for you whether you call them to true guidance or keep silent.

If you call them to guidance they will not follow you. It is all the same if you call them or hold your tongue.

And if you call the disbelievers to guidance, they do not follow you; it is the same for you, whether you invite them or remain silent.

If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you: it is the same to you whether you call them or whether you are silent.

And if you call them in the direction of guidance, they do not follow you: It is the same for you whether you call to them or remain silent.

And if you (O Polytheists!) invite these (associated gods) for (your) guidance, they will not respond to you. It makes no difference to you whether you call them or you remain silent.

And if you call them to the guidance, they do not follow you, (it is) equal/alike on you, if you called them, or you are silent.

And if you call the disbelievers to guidance, they do not follow you; it is the same for you, whether you invite them or remain silent.

But if you call them unto guidance they follow you not. It is all the same to them if you call them or if you hold your tongue.

And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you call them or you keep silent.

And they cannot give them help, nor can they help themselves.

And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you; it is the same to you whether you invite them or you are silent.

And if ye call them to the Guidance, they follow you not. Whether ye call them or are silent is all one for you.

Believers, even if you invite them to true guidance, they will not follow you. It makes no difference whether you invite them or whether you keep quiet.

If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same whether you call them or you are silent.

And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not. It is the same for you whether you call them or you keep silent.

It makes no difference whether you call on them or remain silent. If you call them to the right path, they will not follow you.

And if you invite them to guidance, they will not follow you. It is the same for you, whether you invite them, or remain silent.

And if you call them, that is, the idols, to guidance, they will not follow you (read yatba`kum or yattabi`kum). It will be the same [response] for you, whether you call them, to it, or whether you are silent, [refraining] from calling them, they will not follow it, because they cannot hear.

وَإِن تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى لَا يَتَّبِعُوكُمْ

And if you call them to guidance, they follow you not.

Allah says, these idols do not hear the calls of those who worship them. Therefore, the result is the same, whether calling the idols or shunning them.

سَوَاء عَلَيْكُمْ أَدَعَوْتُمُوهُمْ أَمْ أَنتُمْ صَامِتُونَ



It is the same for you whether you call them or you keep silent.

Ibrahim, peace be upon said,

يأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لاأَ يَسْمَعُ وَلاأَ يَبْصِرُ وَلاأَ يُغْنِى عَنكَ شَيْياً

"O my father! Why do you worship that which hears not, sees not and cannot avail you in anything!" (19;42)

Next, Allah states,

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ فَادْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ