(7:198) And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking at you while they do not see.
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan,
(7:198) And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(7:198) And if ye (Muslims) call them to the guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(7:198) If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
(7:198) And if you invite them to guidance, they do not hear; and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not see.
Dr. Ghali
(7:198) 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..
Ali Unal
(7:198) 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).”
Amatul Rahman Omar
(7:198) 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).
Literal
(7:198) 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 .
Ahmed Ali
(7:198) When you call upon them for guidance, they do not hear. When you think they are looking at you, (in fact) they cannot see.”
A. J. Arberry
(7:198) If you call them to the guidance they do not hear; and thou seest them looking at thee, unperceiving.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
(7:198) And if ye Call them towards guidance they will not hear and thou wilt behold them looking at thee, but they see not.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
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Muhammad Sarwar
(7:198) (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.
Hamid Abdul Aziz
(7:198) But if you call them unto the guidance, they hear not. You will see them looking at you, yet they see not.
Faridul Haque
(7:198) And if you call them to guidance they do not listen
Talal Itani
(7:198) And if you call them to guidance, they will not hear. And you see them looking at you, yet they do not see.
Ahmed Raza Khan
(7:198) 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.
Wahiduddin Khan
(7:198) 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.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
(7:198) And if you call them to guidance, they hear not and you will see them looking at you, yet they see not.”
Ali Quli Qarai
(7:198) If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them facing you, but they do not see.
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
(7:198) If you call them to guidance, they will not hear you. You see them looking towards you, but they cannot see.
That is translated surah Al A’raf ayat 198 (QS 7: 198) in arabic and english text, may be useful.
Wain tadAAoohum ila alhuda la yasmaAAoo watarahum yanthuroona ilayka wahum la yubsiroona
